Grudgingly, I acknowledge being impressed with this 1972 Richard Adams tale of a troupe of rabbits. Looking past the floppy chapter-opening epigrams, the nibbles of contrived rabbit language, and the diminutive hop from rabbitdom to transcendent themes, three pieces gave me particular delight. Adams imitates Tolkien and endows his rabbits with a full mythology, with … Continue reading Fiction note: Watership Down