Bearded Tit

This title is the "Sunday Times" Bestseller. It is narrated by the author. From his Cornish boyhood, Rory recounts his life of birdwatching, observing his first skylark while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and, his flawed bid to educate his mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory's tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of birdwatching. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.

ISBN 1407449257   DEWEY 598.07234092 ISBN13 9781407449258 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC22 Publisher W F Howes Ltd   Pages 7 Imprint Whole Story Audio Books   Volumes 7 Audio CDs Format Audio CD   Published in Rearsby Publication date 01 Feb 2010   Academic level General

"Funny and surprisingly moving." Griff Rhys Jones "Once I'd got used to his voice - I don't watch much television and was not therefore aware that McGrath's laddish nasal delivery is famous (from countless comedy panel shows) - I warmed to this mish-mash of a book, part soppy autobiographical love story, part twitcher's manual, part poor man's Tom Sharpe memoirs about his undergraduate days at Cambridge. Copying pictures in The Observer Book of Birds as a small boy got him started; falling for a pretty girl in the natural history section of the university bookshop with a passion for warblers fuelled the flame. If you like endless double entendres about shags and tits you'll find it hilarious." Sue Arnold, The Guardian (audiobook review) "A gentle, warming, nostalgic and gag-ridden memoir..." The Daily Mail "Lyrical and beautiful." The Daily Telegraph"

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