Borneo and the Poet

by Redmond O'Hanlon

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In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. When Redmond O'Hanlon set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo, accompanied by the poet James Fenton, it was in the best tradition of nineteenth-century exploration. They were armed with backbreaking kit suitable to surviving two months in a steaming jungle of creeping, crawling and biting things; their heads brimmed with training provided by the SAS; and O'Hanlon himself had an encyclopedic knowledge of the region's flora and fauna. And yet they proceeded to have an adventure that neither O'Hanlon, his poet friend nor his guides were quite prepared for
  • ISBN10 0141022639
  • ISBN13 9780141022635
  • Publish Date 6 May 2005
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 16 June 2006
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
  • Pages 64
  • Language English