One man and his wild side

YOU might be forgiven for thinking that this is a book about natural history, particularly because each chapter has the title of a different animal or bird with the common English name followed by the zoological Latin one. But it isn’t. It’s a book about Simon Barnes.

He is the chief sports writer for the London Times, though he has also written novels and books and articles about nature. The subtitle of the book is a little more helpful — The Animal Kingdom & How It Shaped Me.