Sentient: a book review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The vampire bat is the vehicle for a discussion of what Higgins calls the human sense of pleasure and pain (but not, as to the latter, for the reason you might think). Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada). Other of Higgins’ examples are not so familiar but make perfect sense, pun intended, and make for fascinating reading.
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