British author redmond ohanlon has written about his journeys to some of the wildest places in the world. He has also written a harrowing account of a trip to the north atlantic on a trawler. Books by redmond ohanlon author of into the heart of borneo. A journey into the heart of the congo by redmond ohanlon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Redmond ohanlon and the smoking as in smoking james fenton improbably the queens poet laureate embark on a journey to discover the highest mountain of borneo and hopefully the white rhino, possibly an island dweller and certainly unseen in decades. Mcewan says that a page of one of ohanlons books represents about a week of his writing life. Redmond ohanlon was born in dorset and studied at oxford university. He took seven years to write his thesis on conrad and darwin, which plunged him. Ohanlon has become known for his journeys into some of the most remote jungles of the world, in borneo, the amazon basin and congo. He was educated at marlborough college and then oxford university.
Ohanlon takes a whimsical approach to this travelogue. Shop the latest titles by redmond ohanlon at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Redmond ohanlon, frgs, frsl born 5 june 1947 is an english writer and scholar. If i could choose a century to live in, id certainly choose the 19th. Explore books by redmond ohanlon with our selection at. Redmond ohanlons most popular book is into the heart of borneo. His british humour is very well placed in presenting some of the absurb situations he gets himself into. There are similarities between redmond ohanlons magnificent into the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Redmond ohanlon is secretly searching for a bird he once saw in a book, anyway, and not the dinosaur at all, just as no one was ever really searching for a dragon, but only for a metaphor. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. From 19701974 he was a member of the literature panel of arts council england, and. Ohanlons house in oxfordshire is notoriously messy and chaotic, with tilting piles of books and drifts of magazines. He explores the human character in vastly different environments including aboard a.
An account of a journey made in 1983 to the mountains of batu tiban with j 1st edition nov 16. A journey between orinoco and the amazon ohanlon, redmond on. Redmond ohanlon has 24 books on goodreads with 926 ratings. Into the heart of borneo 9780394544816 by ohanlon, redmond and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Expelled from public school, redmond ohanlon excelled in english at oxford although biology was his first love. The quest for the dinosaur in the lake at the heart of the congo is, like a medieval dragon quest, really about the quest and not the dinosaur.
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