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The Curious Life of the Cuckoo
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the iconic bird from Britain’s finest nature writer
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The Curious Life of the Cuckoo
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Roy McMillan
Brought to you by Penguin.
Is there any bird more mysterious than the cuckoo?
It is invariably heard, and not seen. And if seen, it is mistaken for a sharp-winged hawk. The female cuckoo - by a trick that borders on alchemy - is able to disguise its egg as another's. In Greek myth the god Zeus assumed the form of a cuckoo to seduce Hera.
But we forgive the cuckoo its con-artistry, because it is the true herald of spring. It is the bird that uplifts our wintered hearts, with that first two-note 'cuk-koo' unmistakable as it sounds across the country.
In The Curious Life of the Cuckoo, John Lewis-Stempel explains one of nature's greatest enigmas in vivid, lyrical prose, and celebrates this iconic bird.
‘Britain's finest living nature writer’ – The Times
© John Lewis-Stempel 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
