Puffins are lovable partly for their curiosity and quirkiness. Here Nicolson imagines them trying to figure out what manner of fish he is.
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‘They are not frightened. They gather around you, swimming up to you, looking curiously sideways at this new kind of rubber-suited whale.’
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See also a quote-rich mosaic review of this magnificent, entrancing book: a love letter to islands and a paean to the sea.Â
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Source: Adam Nicolson, Sea Room: An Island Life (London: Harper Collins, 2013 (2002)), p. 189
