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John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather' has garnered critical acclaim, clinching the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and achieving international bestseller status. This riveting account of the 21st century's most intense urban inferno offers a panoramic exploration of humanity's evolving relationship with fire's ferocious energy.
The narrative centres on the catastrophic wildfire that engulfed Fort McMurray, Alberta—Canada's oil industry epicentre—in May 2016. This multi-billion-pound disaster transformed entire neighbourhoods into infernos, forcing 90,000 residents to flee in a matter of hours. Through this apocalyptic event, Vaillant masterfully examines the past and future of our increasingly combustible world.
Fire has been humanity's evolutionary companion for millennia, moulding culture and civilisation. However, in our era of escalating climate change, we're witnessing its destructive potential unleashed on an unprecedented scale. With prose as incendiary as his subject matter, Vaillant interweaves the histories of the oil industry and climate science, the unparalleled devastation of modern wildfires, and the lives irrevocably altered by these calamities.
'Fire Weather' is essential reading for our new age of conflagration. Vaillant's work has been hailed as 'superb and terrifying' by literary luminaries, and described as 'an adrenaline-soaked nightmare that is impossible to put down'. This tour de force of research, reflection, and imagination stands as a towering achievement in non-fiction literature.
Book ISBN: | 9781399720199 |
Book Author: | John Vaillant |
Book Format: | Hardback |
Book Imprint: | Sceptre |
Book Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
Book Dimensions: | 164 x 241 x 40 cm |
Book Publication Date: | 2023-10-08 |
Book Pagination: | 432 pages |
Book Weight: | 690g |
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