About this title: Two aging and out-of-shape British literary gents--London Times book reviewer Redmond O'Hanlon and poet and critic James Fenton--decide to go on a two-month trek into the Borneo rainforest hoping to catch sight of a rare albino rhinoceros. As the two cope with insects, pit vipers, parasitic worms, giant lizards, bizarre foods (the lizards turned out to be one of them), and natives (including their guides, who find the author's chubbiness hilarious), O'Hanlon exercises his sardonic wit, usually at his own expense, in a consistently funny account of a most unusual adventure.n
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 1987-Paperback-Cover shows minor shelf wear. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Vintage DeparturesTrade Edition. 192 pages. CONDITION: GOOD, light water staining to edges of text block and back cover, minor shelfwear, gently read; binding tight and text pages unmarked. CONTENT: This is a very funny yet informative account of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo made by the author, a naturalist; his close friend, the poet James Fenton; and three remarkable native guides. On the one hand it is a classically shaped travel story: a ... read more
Edition: Vintage departures e
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 9/12/1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
Description: Very Good. 0394755405 PB3B. Binding tight and square. No marks. Price tag on rear cover. Light wear to covers; spine yellowing slightly. read more
Edition: First Vintage Departures Edition September 1987
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean and tight without marks or tears. Corners Square. read more
Description: O'Hanlon, Redmond., Vintage Books, nd (1987), c1984, 1st printing (by this pub. ), stiff illus. wrapps (soft cover), vg, 192 pp w/index & select bibliography, 8vo, 'This is a very funny yet informative account of a 1983 journey to the center of Borneo...', read more
Description: EX-LIBRARY-GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD DUST JACKET-HARDBACK- If you REQUEST A SCAN from me I will email you one-HARDBACK-Usual Library Marks-NO UNDERLINING OR NOTATIONS IN BOOK- 0394544811- read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage, NY
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
Description: Good. 0394755405. Index, bibliography. "the exuberant narrative of a 1983 journey on foot and by boat to the center of Borneo--where no one had ventured for more than half a century--made by the author, a naturalist; his close friend James Fenton, the internationally known poet; and three remarkable native guides". One inch split at head of spine, else a clean, tight copy. Author photo on rear flyleaf.; Vintage Departures; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 192 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light soiling on back cover, clean and unmarked inside, tightly bound. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. Vintage Departures. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: First edition. American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394544816ISBN:0394544811
Description: Fair in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 191 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. First American Edition, 1985 read more
Edition: American ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394544816ISBN:0394544811
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Unobtrusive red mark on bottom. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 191 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1987-09-01
ISBN-13:9780394755403ISBN:0394755405
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394544816ISBN:0394544811
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; INTO THE HEART OF BORNEO by O'Hanlon, Redmond. Random House Inc, 1984. Binding: Hard CoverDust Jacket: No Jacket. NOTES: Stated First American Edition. Showing light exterior wear, contents are overall clean and tight with no owner markings. Illustrated with photos. Images available upon request. Please email us with any questions. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1985
Description: Used-Very Good. VG paperback. With B&W illus. An account of a journey made in 1983 to the mountains of Batu Tiban with James Fenton. Waterstone's Magazine special edition. read more
"This classic travel adventure recounts a 1983 trip into, well, the heart of Borneo by the author, Redmond O'Hanlon, his friend the poet James Fenton, and three local Iban guides. The purpose of the trip is, ostensibly, to try to rediscover the Borneo Rhinoceros that is believed to be extinct. The story evolves around the unlikely party's boat trip upriver from Kuching on South China Sea to Mt. Batu Tiban. The trip is at times dangerous, as they traverse rapids and face other natural challenges en route. Along the way the troupe comes across other ethnic groups-some of whom bear generations old grudges against the Iban-and engage in riotous celebrations with them. The book includes much interesting information about the people who live in inland Borneo. Redmond O'Hanlon is a naturalist by training (Oxford) and was for years the natural history editor for the Times Literary Supplement, so inevitably the book contains frequent passages describing the nature-especially bird life-that they encounter. The sympathetic Iban will have many a good laugh on account of the two clumsy Britons. In the end they confess that they never believed they'd be able to complete the trip, O'Hanlon being too fat and Fenton immensely old. O'Hanlon observes the world around him with a keen eye for detail and writes it all down in fabulously engaging prose. His sense of humour and self-depreciating style, as well as openness and empathy guarantee that this travel memoir is a definite winner."
"I laughed out loud repeatedly while reading this book. That means that it's a good book, because being funny is hard. Also great if you like outlandish travel stories."
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