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This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of 'Britain's greatest explorers' (Telegraph)

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From the vast island of Sumatra, Benedict Allen brings back the strangest of travellers' tales concerning black-maned ape-men as Theodore Hull - octogenarian survivor of Japanese labour camps - entices him onto the trail of the Gugu.

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A must for any armchair explorer, Into the Abyss looks at the motivation and experiences of some of history's most intrepid characters

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Benedict Allen travelled through Papua New Guinea in search of a tribe who would let him participate in an initiation ceremony into manhood. He was finally admitted to the ceremonies of the Sepik tribe, whose totemic god is the crocodile. This is a tale of love, community through shared pain - and sudden death.

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An anthology of worlds revealed by explorers through the ages.