Spell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans

A vivid exploration of the role that tigers play in the communities of the Sundarbans by the bestselling wildlife writer of The Soul of an Octopus.

"Clear, emotionally telling and always right to the point, her accounts of the other forms of life are without peer."—Farley Mowat, author of Never Cry Wolf

Spell of the Tiger brings readers to the Sundarbans, a vast tangle of mangrove swamp and tidal delta that lies between India and Bangladesh. It is the only spot on earth where tigers routinely...