Big Snake: Big Snake (HB)

Twigger's adventures are vastly entertaining and he relates them as well as he seeks his zoological goal - Publishing NewsThere 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 TimesFunny, 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 - Mail on Sunday - James DelingpolePart travelogue, part boy's own adventure story - The MirrorEchoes of Gerard Durrell's trips crossed with Redmond O'Hanlon's foray into the heart of Borneo... a fantastic book - Daily Mail - Georgia MetcalfeA yarn that manages to be ripping, thoughtful and at times very, very funny - MaximA wonderfully enjoyable tale - IndependentMoving 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