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Peter Fleming
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Pages: 376 (Paperback)
ISBN: 081016065X
Pub: Northwestern University Press,U.S.
Pub date: 1999-10-31
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34467
Reader Reviews:
compelling reading (3/3 people found this helpful)
A hilarious, gripping account of 1930s Englishness facing the wilderness of the Pantanal. A great adventure from cover to cover, which also details the beauty of the wildlife they encountered and compels the reader to visit, in the hope that some of it is still there today. The book is also fascinating from an historical point of view, showing awful colonial attitudes towards the indigineous people of Mato Grosso and the tendancy to shoot everything that moves whether for food or fun. Flemings unceasing competitive nature and determination to succeed in every mission are a great inspiration to all travellers. Extremely entertaining.
Amazing Adventures in Brazil! (6/6 people found this helpful)
I read Peter Fleming's, excellent "News from Tartary" and wanted some more. These tales are from a lost time, when parts of the world were still untouched by all of us. Made me laugh out loud so many times. But what did happen to Colonel Fawcett?? Does anyone know?
A wonderful book! (3/3 people found this helpful)
A cracking adventure, written in a beautifully tongue-in-cheek style. Think the bastard offspring of PG Wodehouse and Douglas Adams (if that were physically possible. Or desirable) venturing into the depths of unchartered Brazil on little more than a whim.
A fascinating travel story rich in both language and culture (3/4 people found this helpful)
I first read this book around 10 years ago, prior to a lengthy stay in Brazil. Aside from the pure interest of an adventurer's tale set in an era when the world was a much bigger place, I thoroughly enjoyed Fleming's dry wit and perceptive analysis of the Brazilian psyche. The gung-ho English are also well observed, as is the expedition's descent into near chaos. It is a wonder they got out of there alive!
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