Helen Macdonald: H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick [2015] paperback Condition:New to the vast and savage

to the vast and savage eastern lands

' Every Last Fear reads like a bullet and had me hooked from the first few brutal pages' BRIAN PANOWICH

honestly and undauntedly

and photographer Carl Van Vechten was at the centre of it all

and a joy to read' RODDY DOYLE

Helen Macdonald: H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick [2015] paperback Condition:New to the vast and savageDiscover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for GBP800 on a