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Forest Of Memories

Tales from the Heart of Africa

Donald MacIntosh author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:7th Aug '08

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Scottish-born Donald MacIntosh recalls a collection of salty tales of characters and incidents from around the world

As a child, Donald MacIntosh's heroine was Mary Kingsley, a nineteenth century traveller who successfully took on the forbidding forests and swamps of West Africa. It was an adventure he was to follow for much of his adult life, spending thirty years as a forester in the so-called 'white man's grave'. MacIntosh, however, more than lived to tell his tales, which he does so here with characteristic gusto and relish.

Here are stories of a somewhat salty nature, both in style and subject matter. In Africa, MacIntosh writes, the sea never sleeps and Forest of Memories is equally vibrant. As always, the tales are rich with characters and humour: Laval, the temperamental but highly successful fishing baboon; Jig-time Charlie, ladies' man and local footballing legend; and the beautiful Titi, who employed both feminine guile and cat droppings to win an international angling competition.As sharp and cutting as the teeth of the tigerfish, this latest collection finds Donald MacIntosh in splendidly wicked form once again.

A superb raconteur. Like the cobras which inhabit this remembered world, his stories move with grace and speed ... a truly wicked sense of humour. An evening with Mr MacIntosh would be a treat. Failing that, another book * DAILY MAIL *
Engaging ... he writes with a charming insouciance * SUNDAY TIMES *
Excellent ... [MacIntosh's] book, one of the surprises of the year, is a slender but richly entertaining memoir * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

ISBN: 9780349121918

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Weight: unknown

240 pages