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A Black Fox Running
A Black Fox Running | Brian Carter
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A beautiful lost classic of nature writing which sits alongside Tarka the Otter, Watership Down, War Horse and The Story of a Red Deer This is the story of Wulfgar, the dark-furred fox of Dartmoor, and of his nemesis, Scoble the trapper, in the seasons leading up to the pitiless winter of 1947. As breathtaking in its descriptions of the natural world as it is perceptive its portrayal of damaged humanity, it is both a portrait of place and a gripping story of survival. Uniquely straddling the worlds of animals and men, Brian Carter's A Black Fox Running is a masterpiece: lyrical, unforgiving and unforgettable.
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This book has a lot of writing about the surrounding nature, most of which is beautiful but I did find myself glossing over some of it near the end. A powerful story about humans and animals and how brutal those worlds can be. Who will outsmart the other? The fox (Wulfgar) or the trapper (Scoble)?

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This was such a joy to read, sorry I missed it in my childhood but glad to have come across it now. Brian Carter writes sensitively and lovingly about the English natural world. The fox pov is so well done, you really do feel among the animals with the breeze in your fur and scents on the breeze.
I did find the hunting scenes hard going and had to skip read through those parts. However these were shortlived and didn't detract from the enjoyment.