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Other reviewers are right: The publisher misnamed this book. Seasonality has little to do with this book; this is a book about agricultural biodiversity, monoculture, and plant pathology.
That being said, I enjoyed this thoroughly. Dunn is a pathologist, and therefore knows his stuff when it comes to bacteria and other pathogens. There's plenty in here to learn, especially if you don't know much about plant pathology.
The book is admittedly structured a bit oddly. The outline makes sense on paper: discussing particular crop failures as a way to point out the importance of pests and crop biodiversity, followed by discussion of seed banks and how to survive future crop failures. However, whether because Dunn is a discursive writer or maybe an editor needed a heavier hand on the writing, it doesn't cohere in the way it could have.
That being said, this book also made me cry - not joking, the part about Nikolai Vavilov and his team is heart-rending at the end - and that's not something most books manage to do.
ETA: I still think about this book constantly. It is a true gem.
That being said, I enjoyed this thoroughly. Dunn is a pathologist, and therefore knows his stuff when it comes to bacteria and other pathogens. There's plenty in here to learn, especially if you don't know much about plant pathology.
The book is admittedly structured a bit oddly. The outline makes sense on paper: discussing particular crop failures as a way to point out the importance of pests and crop biodiversity, followed by discussion of seed banks and how to survive future crop failures. However, whether because Dunn is a discursive writer or maybe an editor needed a heavier hand on the writing, it doesn't cohere in the way it could have.
That being said, this book also made me cry - not joking, the part about Nikolai Vavilov and his team is heart-rending at the end - and that's not something most books manage to do.
ETA: I still think about this book constantly. It is a true gem.