Wonderfully written. Rosolie captures the essence and magic of the deep rainforest, sketching a beautiful portrait of dark and mysterious trees, jaguars and capybara, uncontacted tribes, and a life-giving river. He taps into our sense of intrigue and fascination with his extensive treatment and exploration of a corner of the Amazon to which no known living human has ever ventured. He elicits our more tender selves with a heartwarming narrative of Lulu, the baby giant anteater who becomes as much an object of affection as any human baby might. And he grabs our curiosity for wildlife that borders on the surreal and the unbelievable, such as giant anacondas which would break the record books in a region that is only known to Santiago, an old native bearing a rich history of private lore. For a confessed dyslexic, this is an absolutely masterful job. I kept trying to look for the ghost writer acknowledgement but could not find one -- this is Rosolie himself, as good as any career writer might be.
