Synopses & Reviews
Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond OHanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off the northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks, and no seamanship whatsoever, OHanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their catch, even as a hurricane roars around them. Rich in oceanography, marine biology, and uproarious humor, Trawler is Redmond OHanlon at his finest.
About the Author
A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Literature, Redmond OHanlon was the natural history editor of
The Times Literary Supplement for fifteen years
. He lives near Oxford, England, with his wife and their two children. “Among contemporary travel writers,” according to
The Washington Post, “he has the best nose for the globes precious few remaining blank spots . . . Long may he trudge and paddle.”
The following books by OHanlon are available in Vintage paperback:
Into the Heart of Borneo
“A learned and sensitive book as well as a knockabout farce.” -The New York Review of Books
In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon
“When Evelyn Waugh . . . and Graham Greene traveled, the going was still rough . . . Redmond OHanlon, hacking his way up an unmapped tributary of the Amazon, fearful (and not without good reason) of ending his days in someones cooking pot, has managed to keep that tradition alive.” -Jonathan Raban
No Mercy: A Journey into the Heart of the Congo
“Old-fashioned, gut-wrenching, real-life adventure . . . As much an inner journey that explores fear, religion, magic and childhood as it is a dangerous trek into the depths of the jungle.” -Time
From the Hardcover edition.