The Red Hourglass
Lives of the Predators
$39.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 March 1999
Summary
Repackaged to coincide with his new compendium of dangerous animals, Deadly Kingdom, Gordon Grice’s acclaimed collection of essays on animals is “eye-popping”, “chilling, “morbidly fascinating.”
Snake venom that digests human flesh. A building cleared of every living thing by a band of tiny spiders. An infant insect eating its living prey from within, saving the vital organs for last. These are among the deadly feats of natural engineering you’ll wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385318907 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385318901 |
| Author: | Gordon Grice |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Gordon Grice is one hell of a writer. I was originally disturbed by some of the killing he depicts, but his descriptions are so compelling that I had to read on. I’m glad I did.”
–Jeffrey Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love
“The Red Hourglass marks the debut of a fresh, strange, and wonderful new voice in American nature writing.”
–Michael Pollan, author of A Place of My Own and Second Nature
About The Author
Gordon Grice
Gordon Grice’s writing about the black widow spider has appeared in High Plains Literary Review and Harper’s. It has been anthologized in Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Essays 1996 and in college readers. Grice teaches humanities and English at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas. He lives in rural Oklahoma with his wife and their three-year-old son.
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