Being a Beast Tim Elmore A page-turning exploration of obsession

A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love

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And it reflects on the author's own journey through these eight years

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Being a Beast Tim Elmore A page-turning exploration of obsessionCharles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, sleeping in a sett in a Welsh hillside and eating earthworms, learning to sense the landscape through his nose rather than his eyes. He caught fish in his teeth while swimming like an otter; rooted through London garbage cans as an urban