Name: Big Snake par Robert Twigger
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Big Snake: Big Snake Robert Twigger

Robert Twigger goes to the Far East in search of the world's longest snake - 'echoes of Gerald Durrell's trips crossed with Redmond O'Hanlon's foray into the heart of Borneo . . . a fantastic book' DAILY MAIL

About to be married, Robert Twigger decides on his last great adventure as a bachelor. Surfing the net, he discovers the Roosevelt Prize - worth $50,000 - for the capture of a live 30 foot python. Armed only with a tin of High Toast Snuff (deadly if sniffed by a snake), Twigger sets off into the remote jungles of Indonesia in search of his prey.

Along the way, he investigates the legendarily beautiful women of Sulawesi, treads in Nabokov's footsteps, looks for giant snakes beneath the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, and spends time with a variety of snake catchers and cults. After being caught up in anti-Chinese riots and surviving on greasy civet cat in the jungle, Twigger finally comes face to face with the big one; but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind.

Big Snake Avis

Twigger's adventures are vastly entertaining and he relates them as well as he seeks his zoological goal * Publishing News *
There are travelogue, natural history and mythology here, and the hunt is always entertaining and often hilarious. Twigger is a generous and easygoing observer and participant, even when the going gets rough. * Sunday Times *
Funny, immensely readable ... Twigger has found a narrative voice all too rare in contemporary travel writing: clear-eyed, unaffected, deadpan, slyly witty and unobtrusively erudite. By the end you cease to care whether or not he fulfils his mission... Merely to travel in his company is pleasure enough -- James Delingpole * Mail on Sunday *
Part travelogue, part boy's own adventure story * The Mirror *
Echoes of Gerard Durrell's trips crossed with Redmond O'Hanlon's foray into the heart of Borneo... a fantastic book -- Georgia Metcalfe * Daily Mail *
A yarn that manages to be ripping, thoughtful and at times very, very funny * Maxim *
A wonderfully enjoyable tale * Independent *
Moving and comic, both a poetic quest and a real adventure, Big Snake paints a hitherto unseen portrait of the Malay and Indonesian archipelagos and will leave you checking under your bed for your own hidden monster snake. A terrific read * Irish News *
Engaging, humorous, and poignant -- Joe Culley * Irish Times *
Robert Twigger's masterful tale is a rare blend of savage reality and poetic finesse -- Tahir Shah * Geographical *

À propos de Robert Twigger

Robert Twigger is a British author, poet and adventurer. After attending Oxford University he trained with the Tokyo Riot Police, which became the subject of his bestselling book Angry White Pyjamas. He has been awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry, the Somerset Maugham Award for Literature and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

He led the expedition that was the first to cross the Great Sand Sea of the Egyptian Sahara solely on foot, and another that was the first to cross Western Canada in a birchbark canoe since 1793. He is the author of eight books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as several collections of poetry. Big Snake was filmed for Channel 4.

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR003386199

ISBN 13

9780753808573

ISBN 10

0753808579

Titre

Big Snake: Big Snake Robert Twigger

Auteur

Robert Twigger

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

Orion Publishing Co

Année de publication

1999-12-30

Nombre de pages

320

Prix

N/A

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