Robert Hollingworth: They called me the Wildman (Rating: 4)
They Called Me the Wildman is historian and artist Robert Hollingworth’s captivating reconstruction of Swedish-born naturalist Henricke Nelsen’s solitary life. Henricke lived on a mountain in Victoria’s Tallarook Ranges in the 1860s. Robert Hollingworth has written Henricke’s life story in the form of a prison diary. No imaginary work could arrange a better cast of characters than this meticulously researched story.
Ath Book Club comments:
When reading They called me the Wildman it was sometimes difficult to remember that the book is fiction. It is beautifully written, deliberately kept short and poetic, although there was material for more. Also the artistic cover, dust jacket, paper and binding increased the pleasure of reading this book.
They called me the Wildman scored a couple of “fives” from the Ath’s discerning Book Club – an honour only to be seen very rarely. – Robert Hollingworth has done a lot of research and tenderly given an authentic “voice” to an otherwise forgotten character.
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