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A review by mroneil
Harpoon Venture by Gavin Maxwell
4.0
Fascinating insight into the mind of an eccentric and likeable nature lover whose mindset is of one brought up in late imperialism - man must conquer all and capitalist enterprise is the way to do it.
Others down rated this book for its antiquated attitudes to the mass killing of what are now rare animals (he even takes potshots at orcas!) but I found this one of its most intriguing aspects.
Worth reading for the sheer romance of the Hebrides. I would have loved to have shared a bottle of rum with Gavin Maxwell while floating on a shark boat off the Sound of Soay. Perhaps in another life.
Others down rated this book for its antiquated attitudes to the mass killing of what are now rare animals (he even takes potshots at orcas!) but I found this one of its most intriguing aspects.
Worth reading for the sheer romance of the Hebrides. I would have loved to have shared a bottle of rum with Gavin Maxwell while floating on a shark boat off the Sound of Soay. Perhaps in another life.