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Consider the Pangolin, and Other Animals

The LRB Podcast

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Introduction

Catherine Rundle talks to Alice Spools about her latest book. The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure is a best theory of endangered animals. It began as a series of pieces in the London Review of Books. In 1870, the Prussian army laid siege to Paris. A rat could fetch two francs while a cat might be worth twelve. For 27,000 francs, Pollux and Castor were sold.

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