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‘We’ve left a lot of men in Borneo – know what I mean?’ With their SAS trainer’s warnings ringing in their ears, the naturalist, Redmond O’Hanlon, and the poet, James Fenton, set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo. They were loaded with enough back-breaking kit to survive two months in a steaming 95° (in the shade) jungle of creeping, crawling, biting things. O’Hanlon could also rely on his encyclopaedic knowledge of the region’s flora and fauna, and had read-up on how to avoid being eaten by anything (stick your thumbs in a crocodile’s eyes, if you have time). And yet they proceeded to have an adventure that neither O’Hanlon, nor his friend, nor even his guides were remotely prepared for…
‘Consistently exciting, often funny, and erudite without ever being overwhelming’ Punch.
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Redmond O'Hanlon is an explorer in the nineteenth-century mould. In addition to his four bestselling travel books, Into the Heart of Borneo, In Trouble Again, Congo Journey and Trawler, he has published scholarly work on nineteenth-century science and literature. For fifteen years he was the Natural History editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He lives outside Oxford with his wife and two children.
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The situation in Sarawak as seen by Haddon in 1888 is still much the same today. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...This is a real journey into a real country. How can you complain that he gives you descriptions of the birds and flora of the country he's travelling through? Don't you want to know what the place is like? You leave the book feeling you have experienced the place - and the ending is great, showing the contrast between the young and the old, and how the old tribal ways, with their customs and skills, are going to die out very soon as the young move away from the jungle. This, like his masterpiece Congo Journey, uses exaggeration and humour to show the contast between the travellers and the natives of the country they are in. So his books teach as you laugh. And make you think asbout the nature of the world, and the issues facing people who's lives are changing impossibly fast. Heartbreaking, funny, it's brilliant: a book that makes you think and is fun to read, and which you learn an awful lot from: what more could you want?
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm moved to write my first review for Amazon by this classic of the travel genre. It moves effortlessly from humour to history, from adventure to scientific account. Like all the the best travel books, it takes you there without having to go to the expense of airline tickets. I got a real flavour of Borneo, borne out by a trip there which would have been all the poorer had I not read this book.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My husband was reading this book while we were on holiday in Borneo and he drove me so nuts chuckling every few pages that I just had to read it myself.
Where I had expected a stuffy travel book I found a hilarious comedy. Well worth the read!
Where I had expected a stuffy travel book I found a hilarious comedy. Well worth the read!
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19th century explorers?
The great 19th century explorers did not have SAS training before they set out. They did not get blind drunk at every opportunity. They did not bombard us with occult advertising. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Gerald Firth
Good accompaniment to a trip to Borneo.
I bought this book to read while on a trip in Sabah in Borneo. I went to a different region on the island and unfortunately did not spend too much time in the jungle. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by Nicola
Laugh out loud funny
Some reviewers are disappointed by the lack of useful information on Borneo. They have missed the point. This is not a travel guide. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2008 by Jonathan Ward
An interesting insight
I enjoyed this book, and I've also enjoyed James Fenton's poetry that I sought out as a result of reading it. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by Martin Hardwidge
More fun than others
I read this book when studying for my A' levels 11 years ago. It was a change from Shakespeare and Chaucer. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2004
boorish, frankly
Having recently trekked my way through the jungles of Borneo, I hoped to revive memories through reading this book. I was sorely disappointed. Read more
Published on 26 July 2000 by annelihansson@cs.com
Not a traveller's account
I bought this book because it was very well known and I thought it would provide me with a traveller's account of travelling through Borneo. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000
Classic adventure travel writing
A classic gritty/humorous adventure story about a trip into the jungle of Borneo. Redmond himself comes out as a bit of a wimp compared to his companion, poet James Fenton who has... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1999 by Mr. Roderick W. White
Not his best book !
Indeed, another reader stole my words: This is O'Hanlon's first, but not his best book. I too read the Orinoco book first, and found it fantastic. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 1998
Charming, witty, and self-serving
Having read Eric Hansen's insightful Stranger in the Forest, I set about looking for more travelogue on this amazing island. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 1997
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