Last Chance to See…
by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine (Guild, 1990)
In many respects this is Douglas Adams’ best book. Being non-fiction, the plot is taken care of, and Adams’ observational wit offsets the grave subject matter. What results is a humorous travelogue and rallying cry, at once poignant, profound, cautionary and hopeful.
Last Chance to See: in the Footsteps of Douglas Adams
by Mark Carwardine (HarperCollins, 2009)
This richly poignant, fabulously Adamsey rare species travelogue rather belies the assumption that Carwardine was a literary passenger on the original Last Chance to See, merely there to undercoat the book with dry facts prior to Adams layering on the funny bits.