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From the Bahamas and South Africa to Shanghai, sharks are the object of an obsession: film stars go big-game fishing for them and shark's fin soup is a coveted status symbol in China. Elsewhere, people and sharks exist alongside each other: surfers tolerate their presence and eco-tourists swim with them. Yet, after millions of years of the shark s evolution and survival, the human fascination with these animals may eventually lead to their extinction. In this eye-opening adventure, which criss-crosses the globe, Juliet Eilperin examines why sharks remain nature's most awe-inspiring creatures. She also explores the fascinating ways in which humans relate to the ocean s top predator.

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'Whether they are killers or protectors, she tells their stories with fairness and understanding. I forgot the time as I immersed myself in the world of sharks. Whether you've never read a book about sharks or have a shelf full of them, this is a book for you' Washington Post 'In this fascinating and meticulously reported book, Juliet Eilperin crisscrosses the globe on the trail of one of its most mysterious creatures. She illuminates not only the hidden nature of the seas, but also the societies whose survival depends on them' David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z

'Whether they are killers or protectors, she tells their stories with fairness and understanding. I forgot the time as I immersed myself in the world of sharks. Whether you've never read a book about sharks or have a shelf full of them, this is a book for you.' Washington Post 'In this fascinating and meticulously reported book, Juliet Eilperin crisscrosses the globe on the trail of one of the most mysterious creatures. She illuminates not only the hidden nature of teh seas, but also the societies whose survival depends on them' David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z

This is a remarkable feat: a book plump full of facts that is also a page turner. From the shark callers of Papua to the shark fin traders of Hong Kong, Eilperin has followed every lead in her effort to understand the sea's greatest predator, and its enduring power over us. Utterly fearless, she even swims with a great white. For someone like me, who watched Jaws from between her fingers, Demon Fish is the perfect read: thrilling, and revealing -- Rachel Cooke * Guardian * A salutary and eye-opening take on the world of the shark. A creature that predates the dinosaurs, its species present in every ocean and sea, deserves such a wide-ranging book... This apex predator, which can never rest, swims out of prehistory and into the vivid pages of Eilperin's book. The result is never comfortable - from Jaws-style attacks... to the worldwide plight of sharks and the work being done to conserve them - but Demon Fish resets the balance, gloriously, in favour of these sleek, sandpapery, cartiliginous wonders of the deep. -- Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan, winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Juliet Eilperin, the Washington Post's environment correspondent, has followed the story of sharks, and their uneasy relationship to man, across the globe; her intriguing, even-handed account is an eye-opener * The Telegraph *

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Juliet Eilperin is the environmental reporter for The Washington Post where she writes about science, policy and politics on subjects ranging from global warming to oceans. She is a graduate of Princeton University and lives with her family in Washington, D.C.

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