Rhizodont

By Katrina Porteous,

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Book description

330 million years ago what is now the rocky shore close to Katrina Porteous's Northumberland home was a tropical swamp inhabited by three-metre long predatory fish with huge tusk-like teeth. They belonged to a family of lobe-finned fishes which evolved to move on land as well as swim, and which…


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1 author picked Rhizodont as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I do not normally devour books of poetry - I tend towards dipping in and out of them. But this work - well, I have been a fan of Katrina's for years - this is just stunning. Ideas cover time, deep time - and her deep connections to the place - her place in Northumberland on the north east coast of England. You do not need to know her home to become utterly absorbed in the stories she tells.

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