Donovan Hohn is a journalist whose work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Outside and the Best Creative Nonfiction. The recipient of Whiting Writers' Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, he is currently a senior editor at Harper's. He lives in New York with his wife and children.
'Hohn's immersive investigation into the environmental, political and economic story behind this reads like a great seafarer's adventure.' Seven, Sunday Telegraph 'at its core this is a fascinating story and Hohn makes a rare sucess of the difficult task of finding genuine human interest in the issue of global pollution' New Statesman 'a whimsical eco-expedition' The Guardian 'fine, well-written travelogue' The Spectator 'humorous account...a sobering reflection' We Love This Book 'a quixotic adventure around the world' -- Horatia Harrod The Daily Telegraph 'a troubled philosophical consideration of man's relationship with the artifical and the natural...the journey is extraordinary' Metro "Hohn...proves to be a beguiling companion" The Mail on Sunday 'part adventure, part travelogue...a quirky account becomes a wider story of environmental damage' Culture, The Sunday Times 'he conjures a truly terrifying vision' Seven, Sunday Telegraph
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