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and the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called “one of the great novelists of our time” (The New York Times)

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with robust back and forth on every aspect of life in rural outposts

learning the most intimate detail of this most beautiful of British mammals

The granite kingdom Health and the abiding preoccupations ofFew regions of Britain are as holidayed in, as well loved or as mythologised as Cornwall. From the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote peninsula of Penwith via the wilderness of Bodmin Moor and coastal villages where tourism and fishing find an uneasy coexistence Tim Hannigan undertakes a zigzagging journey on foot across Britain's westernmost region to discover how the real Cornwall, its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of