Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal
Allen & Unwin, $35 hb, 240 pp
Non-fiction
Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal by David Owen and David Pemberton
by Emily Fraser •
A magnet on my fridge has a cartoon image of a Tasmanian Devil and reads: ‘Send Tassie more Tourists – the last ones were delicious!’ David Owen and David Pemberton’s book shows how flawed the stereotype of the Devil as an insatiable, aggressive animal is. They reveal the Devil’s complex nature in this well-researched and detailed work, which is the first on the Devil to be published.
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