Bird School by Adam Nicolson Simon & Schuster As clashing loyalties crack the

As clashing loyalties crack the Avallon’s polished veneer

carefully hand-carved with a machete

“Hall of Mirrors”

• BUT LET'S GET BACK TO ME • DID SOMEONE SAY JELLO SHOTS

If the king dies without a male heir

Bird School by Adam Nicolson Simon & Schuster As clashing loyalties crack theAn intimate exploration of the lives of birds and their interactions with man, by a preeminent naturalist. Poets and scientists, saints and naturalists, stalk through these pages. Neighboring cock robins duel almost to the death. Tawny owl widows are seen looking for tawny owl widowers to set up shop with. Blackbirds are found singing phrases from late Beethoven quartets, both in a garden in southern England (where they have been listening to records