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Bearded Tit: A Love Story with Feathers

Author: Rory Mcgrath
Publisher: Ebury Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1464

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 1.4

ISBN: 0091922690
EAN: 9780091922696
ASIN: 0091922690

Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Condition: brand new and despached from the uk immediately

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

The pedant allows a proof reading howler July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Rory McGrath is a self confessed pedant which comes across in this entertaining and educational book. I would have given it 5* but for the fact that the second half was a bit long, I worked out the twist long before the end (it must be obvious if I managed that!) and worst of all he spelt the eponymous Harrier as Montague's - there is no 'e', it's Montagu's tut tut tut!

Despite that it is well written, an easy read and there's some good schoolboy humour in it which did have me laughing out loud. I would have liked to know what happened to his friend Kramer who I thought was a great character.

Well worth a read, probably better if you have an interest in birdwatching.

5 out of 5 stars

More to this thank meets the eye June 21, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Funny; romantic; full of anecdotes and facts about British birds. And it has a huge, heartwarming twist on practically the last page, which when you've grasped it, works its way back through the whole of the rest of the book and lights up virtually everything else you've read. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

I can even excuse his being a Gooner June 13, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Part autobiography, part birding memoir, this is a light-hearted, funny glimpse into the world of British birdwatching as seen through the eyes of the author, a TV comedian and bird devotee. A great mix of amusing anecdotes, Linnean cleassification and tales of teenage angst, with a denoument that I guarantee will send you off smiling. An excellent book, well worth a read.

5 out of 5 stars

Hilarious, lovely and really moving! May 7, 2008
30 out of 34 found this review helpful

This is a beautiful story - unexpected, superbly written and immensely satisfying! I loved it! I'm a fan of Rory McGrath - he's just hilarious and so cheeky - and as a comedian and a graduate of modern language, the writing was pure comic genius in places. Its touching and earthy. There's suspense and intrigue and romance and surprises! Highly recommended!!!