Intrigue, mystery, subterfuge, robbery and murder — the world of Jason Bourne, government “dirty tricks” or the Italian Camorra? Try the unlikely realm of a fish: the Asian arowana or dragon fish (Scleropages formosus for the scientifically inclined). And as Emily Voigt reveals in The Dragon Behind the Glass, this is just the beginning, for this fish swims in a domain where desire, power and obsession are never far from the surface.
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