This is an excellent ethnography about the Wayapi people who live in the Amazon rainforest. It is full of detail and eye-opening insight into their way of life and the effect deforestation and modern industry are having on them.For me, its main strength was the way in which it was written. Unlike many ethnographies, it never became dry or long-winded, but Cambell's descriptions are evocative and the characters are very real. This not only makes it a pleasure to read, but means you are actually caught up in their lives rather than scientifically observing; after all, these people are living and dying in Brazil right now.