"It is a strange condition some call an intellectual obsession, some blame jokingly on a virus, others say is an extension of the old hunting-and-gathering instinct.
Call it what you like, Brian Tucker is gripped by it. And the book we're viewing is well worthy of it."

"'Just look at this,' says Tucker, in his head an accountant, in his heart a passionate book collector, carefully turning the pages of a copy of Palmetto published by Lyre Bird Press in Townsville. It combines stunning drawings of palms by north Queensland artists including Ray Cooke, with fascinating information about the plant."

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