Redmond O'Hanlon burst on the travel writing scene with Into the
Heart of Borneo, a brilliant, hair-raising and hilarious account of
the misadventures of O'Hanlon and his hapless companion, the poet
James Fenton. When O'Hanlon asked Fenton if he would do it again,
he was told; 'I would not travel with you as far as High Wycombe'.
The foil for Redmond's craziness in this volume is an American
academic called Lary (sic) Schaffer. In pursuit of a mystical
quasi-dinosaur monster supposedly living in the waters of Lake Tele
in central West Africa, the pair endure testicle-biting fish,
tropical ulcers, and the usual attacks of diarrhoea and vomiting.
O'Hanlon is less interested in telling us what the place he is
visiting is like than he is in making our flesh creep with tales of
head-shrinking and sorcery. Great vicarious fun. (Kirkus UK)
Combining the acute observation of a nineteenth-century missionary, and the wit of a Monty Python player, Redmond O'Hanlon is famous for his adventurous travel. His new challenge is the Congo, the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world.
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