How to catch a mole : wisdom from a life lived in nature
"Kneeling in a muddy field, clutching something soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles-- forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of nonfiction literature, the molecatcher shares what led him to this strange career: from sleeping among hedges as a homeless teen, to toiling on the railway, to weeding windswept gardens in Wales. Hamer infuses his wanderings with radiant poetry and stark, simple observations...