比推理小說還精采的重大犯罪!
英國自然史博物館創館以來最離奇的竊案!
歐普拉十本必讀書:
拍案叫絕的真實案件,作者重構的犯罪現場讓人讀了津津有味。
精彩絕倫 各界推薦(按照筆名筆畫排列):
冬陽(推理評論人、央廣「名偵探科普男」主持人)
路那(推理評論家)
膝關節(影評人、作家)
蘭萱(資深媒體人 / 中廣「蘭萱時間」主持人)
謝哲青(作家、旅行家、知名節目主持人)
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四十七隻紅領果傘鳥?三十七隻王天堂鳥?
三十九隻鳳尾綠咬鵑?
共兩百九十九份標本!?
連盜賊自己都嚇壞了,原來自己真的拿了那麼多!?
什麼叫毛鉤綁製?
十八世紀,隨著歐洲的殖民事業大刀闊斧地開展,
怎樣釣鮭魚?
鮭魚並不愛吃餌,牠們喜歡被挑釁,
科學與保育如何終結羽毛產業?
隨著二十世紀來臨,除了博物學家,
絢麗的羽毛為何捲土重來?
毛鉤釣社群隨時間演進,早已不再追求「釣到鮭魚」而是綁出「
這是再真實不過的竊盜犯罪,比推理故事還離奇!
為何有群人如此著迷於一項百年前的古典運動,
柯克.華萊士.強森想要實現正義,
他開始追查一名貪婪的羽毛賊,對抗一整個執迷不悟的社群,
目的是找回屬於大自然、研究者與人類的正義。
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對我而言,科學研究與偵探小說有極高的相似處:細心觀察、
一起看似荒唐的鳥類剝製標本竊案,
一則真實的犯罪故事,將看似無關的線索──博物館失竊案、
看過之後令人難以忘懷,取材自看似晦澀難解的主題,
本書深入探討人類的貪婪對瀕危鳥類的致命影響,
不可思議、感動人心、卓越出眾,在我腦中久久揮之不去。──
引人入勝的故事,
一本翻開就停不下、讀完後便久久忘不了的書,《羽毛賊》
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