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A review by andrewspink
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales by Horatio Clare
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
3.0
I was hoping for more about the swallows, so was a little disappointed.
The book is mostly a travel storey, and as such it is ok, though as is typical of the genre, it remains an outsider's view, lacking in real insights.
At the end the author seems to have something of a mental breakdown. It is very brave of him to reveal that so openly in this book, but perhaps that would have been better off in a separate book since it was so quickly described. The reader is left wondering what on earth is going on. Perhaps that was on purpose, but it was a little dissatisfying.
The book is mostly a travel storey, and as such it is ok, though as is typical of the genre, it remains an outsider's view, lacking in real insights.
At the end the author seems to have something of a mental breakdown. It is very brave of him to reveal that so openly in this book, but perhaps that would have been better off in a separate book since it was so quickly described. The reader is left wondering what on earth is going on. Perhaps that was on purpose, but it was a little dissatisfying.