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SUMMARY:Emily Voigt reads from her debut The Dragon Behind the Glass
DESCRIPTION:A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150\,000. Meanwhile\, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish realm of obsession\, paranoia\, and criminality\, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator dating to the age of the dinosaurs. Treasured as a status symbol believed to bring good luck\, the Asian arowana is bred on high-security farms in Southeast Asia and sold by the hundreds of thousands each year. In the United States\, however\, it’s protected by the Endangered Species Act and illegal to bring into the country—though it remains the object of a thriving black market. From the South Bronx to Singapore\, journalist Emily Voigt follows the trail of the fish\, ultimately embarking on a years-long quest to find the arowana in the wild\, venturing deep into some of the last remaining tropical wildernesses on earth. \nWith a captivating blend of personal reporting\, history\, and science\, The Dragon Behind the Glasstraces our modern fascination with aquarium fish back to the era of exploration when intrepid naturalists stood on the cutting edge of modern science\, discovering new and wondrous species in jungles all over the world. In an age when freshwater fish now comprise one of the most rapidly vanishing groups of animals on the planet\, Voigt unearths a paradoxical truth behind the dragon fish’s rise to fame—one that calls into question how we protect the world’s rarest species. An elegant exploration of the human conquest of nature\, The Dragon Behind the Glassrevels in the sheer wonder of life’s diversity and lays bare our deepest desire—to hold onto what is wild.
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