as Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law). While I would have preferred a stronger stance on conservation and accountability, Roach weaves a relatable story for an audience who may not have considered how simple changes in their habits can preserve and improve the quality of life of wild life across the globe. Today I'm reviewing Mary Roach's eighth book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Known in the U.K. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science. Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review Roachs books are meticulously researched, beautifully written, and disturbingly funny. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, doesn’t provide a significant amount of data or scientific jargon but presents an engaging narrative for its audience. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law: Roach, Mary: 9781324001935: Books - Amazon.ca. I found Roach’s conversational writing style to be an interesting and accessible approach to what is typically a very tedious and overly academic topic. From bears taking advantage of unlocked trash cans to birds bringing down aircraft mid-flight, Roach breaks down each alleged, “crime,” as a failure on humanities part to create a co-existing enviroment. Roach draws uses man created laws and ordinances to create a better understanding of our relationship with the wild animals we may encounter in our every day lives, (like breaking and entering bears, theiving sea gulls, or jaywalking deer).Įach chapter Roach journey’s with a biologist, conservationist, or activist to take the reader on a journey to different animal “crime scenes” across the globe to learn how animals are responding to our presence and influence. Mary Roach’s most recent book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law describes the ever tenuous relationship between man and nature.
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