A Book of Noises

"Haunting and captivating... a marvel... Caspar Henderson confirms that, for all its turbulence, this is still ""a world alive with good noises"". Open your ears -- David Farrier, author of Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils A book of exquisite richness and erudition, dedicated equally to the beautiful strange and the precious ordinary -- Jay Griffiths Caspar Henderson's books are a special kind of treasure; I struggle to think of another writer who achieves this combination of scope, intellectual rigour and deep reflection with such grace and style. Don't be deceived by the title - far from being a noisy book, this is a quiet and determined call to listen better -- Helen Jukes You will gasp with surprise and sigh with delight in the pages of A Book of Noises. It's the most elegant and erudite history of the world as sound ever written -- David Rothenberg, author of Whale Music and Secret Sounds of Ponds"