Book description
Join Peter Allison for hair-raising and hilarious tales of Africa,
animals and close escapes, and come through amazed -- but without a
scratch. It shouldn't be fun to be chased by an animal that outweighs
you by a factor of seventy, but Peter gets an odd thrill every time an
elephant charges his beaten-up jeep or a peckish crocodile looks at
him sideways. By now you'd think the bestselling author of Don't Run,
Whatever You Do would know his way around. You'd be wrong. From
avoiding territorial hippos and half-starved lions, to dodging
landmines and getting lost on the unforgiving savannah, Peter has had
his fair share of close calls: like the afternoon he heard monkeys
telling him that a leopard was walking around the camp, and then
realized the leopard was in his tent, with him in it. Drawing on his
experiences in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia, Don't
Look Behind You! is another brilliant book of crazy and charming,
endearing and laugh-out-loud-funny safari stories. "He writes
beautifully and viscerally about the rhythm of bush life. This is an
absorbing book: as a reader you can't help but get caught up in the
author's infectious enthusiasm for Africa's beauty and its
beasts." -- TNT
He writes beautifully and viscerally about the rhythm of bush life...
as a reader you can't help but get caught up in the author's infectious
enthusiasm for Africa's beauty and its beasts. On turning the last page,
booking the first plane out to Botswana was most tempting. A" TNT
Magazine Allison's writing is high on colour and is packed with engaging
accounts of the sort of things that are just another day at the office
for the average safari guide. If you love the thrill of safaris this
book is for you. It is full of hair-raising stories of escape and
adventure in the bush. Having worked for more than twenty years in
Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique, the stars of Allison's
show are hungry lions and territorial hippos. There are some
white-knuckle tales of dodging landmines too - Sunday Telegraph This is
a wry and immensely colourful account of a young man's adventures as a
safari leader in Botswana. Scared of heights, unfamiliar with the gym
and terrified of an innocuous little tree-frog, high school drop-out
Peter's rapport with the job is not immediately obvious - A hugely
eloquent writer in spite of severe mid-safari injuries to the head, he
masterfully paces suspense. You'll never look at an innocent safari tour
the same way again. Hapless and shamelessly self-deprecating, he
possesses the asset of a perfect story teller - the ability to poke fun
at himself. Witty, exciting and ultimately unmissable. Real Travel
Peter Allison is originally from Sydney, Australia. His safaris have
been featured in National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, and on
television programs such as 'Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures'. He travels
frequently to speaking appearances, and divides his time between
Botswana, Sydney and San Francisco. www. peterallison. com
