Slugs Paul Farmer struck back against the Americans

struck back against the Americans

cataloging unspoken pain and multigenerational damage

Jarvis's masterful first book

Unlike most books on the history of the Earth

What emerges is a portrait of an arena where people do more than build identities and influence

Slugs Paul Farmer struck back against the AmericansA natural and cultural history of the oft reviled slug, exploring the important role of these exquisite molluscs within ecosystems, their evolution and our complex relationship with them. Whether we are fascinated or repelled by them, few of us are indifferent to slugs. In evolutionary terms, they are among the most successful animals on the planet all the more extraordinary given that they have done away with the protective shell of their ancestors.