Where the Wild Things Were

Sunrise on the Serengeti, waiting for the sound of thunder to signal the approaching wildebeest migration, Charlie Hamilton-James is desperately hungover. This rip-roaring memoir is Fear and Loathing behind the scenes of a big budget wildlife documentary, ''gonzo journalism'' in the jungle. Eaten alive by insects, sustained on guinea pig meat and cocaine, Hamilton-Jones has lived in the trenches, fighting for the ephemeral perfect shot. But amidst the debauchery and very real danger are moments of transcendence; a chance to see what the rest of the world will have to watch on television. In I Can''t Eat My Guinea Pig , he tells the story of an extraordinary life, lived alongside the advent of modern nature photography and signposted with his most iconic images.

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Hamilton-James
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.02.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780008392758
• ISBN: 978-0-00-839275-8
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, NATURE / Ecology, HUMOR / Topic / Animals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HUMOR / Topic / Sports, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Outdoor survival skills, Wildlife: mammals, Humour collections & anthologies, Social impact of environmental issues, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Humour collections and anthologies, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Animals in art, Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography