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I’m writing a play about the wolf issue for a regional theatre (in the part of Sweden where the trenches in this debate are the deepest, and where most wolves live), and am reading this prize-winning book as part of my research. It’s a good read in that context. It’s clearly pro wolf, but doesn’t shy away from the downsides to having a top predator in your neighborhood, giving room for the critical argument as well. And it looks at wolves from many angles – including mythological (how did wolf become man’s sworn enemy, connected to the devil?), historical, global, genetic and personal. I like how Ekman reasons, and his conclusions make a lot of sense even if many would probably label them as wavering.
There are a few chapters I can’t really see the point of, and quite a bit of annoying repetition, sometimes even within a chapter. But all in all, this is a good overview, nicely packaged with lots of gorgeous pictures. (