The Aye-Aye and I
- Author Gerald Durrell
- Narrator Rupert Degas
- Publisher Naxos AudioBooks
- Run Time 6 hours and 1 minute
- Format Audio
- Genre Endangered species and extinction of species, Travel and holiday.
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Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
A.C.S., AudioFile
Oh, the utter delight of adventuring in Madagascar with the late English naturalist Gerald Durrell and his poly-voiced narrator, Rupert Degas, who beautifully channels Durrell’s slightly raspy voice, his exuberant personality, and his enthusiasm for every variety of fauna, including human. The book describes a 1990s trip to Madagascar’s remotest regions to find and collect a breeding population of a mysterious and endangered lemur known as an aye-aye. As Durrell’s team and a BBC film crew endure drenching rain, oven-baked heat, and giant mosquitoes with edifying humour, Degas evokes a wealth of personalities and accents, adding technicolor to the lively writing. Where else, for example, could one meet a hammerhead shark with a mouth reminiscent of ‘Somerset Maugham’s drooping smile’?
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