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(More customer reviews)Hi Andrew
My name is Jessie and I wanted to take a moment to write to you to thank you for the inspired poetry and lunacy related to your delicious book about pigeons.
I opted to post an open letter via Amazon because I want the whole world to know about your extraordinary book. I have never read anything as weirdly wonderful as this.
Finding your pigeon was a bit of kismet as it sort of snuck up on me in the book store. I was on my way to the check out counter with a biography of the Red Baron, a history of gunpowder and another book about the men who created alternate and direct currents when I saw a pigeon staring at me from the side.
It looked odd next to the other books whose covers were dull by comparison...when I saw the title next to the bird my inner teenager thought "NO way, Jose"....but sure enough it was exactly what the title implied and then some.
I love love LOVE some of the characters you met in your travels and found myself envying the fun you must have had in meeting such an eclectic group of pigeon enthusiasts and pigeon haters.
Though I must also confess that the revolting chapter related to the gutting and lung-ing of squabs elicited a whole series of voluminous UGHS! and BLECHS! The mental picture you provided was gruesome enough to force me to consider going totally vegan.
The man who wrote his doctoral thesis on spider hearing was intriguing, can you write his biography too?
And you also left me wanting to know more about the man who wrapped himself in tinfoil to keep himself warm. Sally Bananas was fascinating and I was riveted by the chapter devoted to Mike Tyson. Despite never meeting him you captured something NO ONE has ever done before... You showed his subtle and poignant humanity and made me wish the whole world could know him THAT way.
So many great stories in one book...This book really is FOR the birds.
Ahhh yes, the pigeons. After reading your absorbing book, I feel bad that for all these years I never really paid pigeons any mind. Much like my socks I took them for granted. You did for pigeons what Neruda did for socks. Showing the value and beauty of something seemingly mundane and yet utterly transformative and magical.
I missed something truly glorious in these astonishing and surprising creatures. You have a convert in Dallas. Praise be to pigeons everywhere. Next time I see one which is practically every hour, I will think of your book with a smile.
Thanks for a great read Jessie Jessup
KDGE
Dallas Texas 75240
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