Emptying the Skies

"In this unflinching exposé, bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen takes to the skies to reveal a shocking truth: tens of millions of protected migratory songbirds are brutally slaughtered each year, often by Italian landowners in Cyprus who refuse to follow local regulations. As Franzen accompanies young staffers from the Committee Against Bird Slaughter on their perilous expeditions, he confronts hostile poachers and witnesses firsthand the devastating consequences of this senseless slaughter."