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176 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2003
The whole world had turned a gauzy green and was now laden with melancholy, mystery and menace, and with air so heavy it was hard to breathe. [...] Early in the night, a flock of racked-tailed drongos could be heard brawling. Owls hooted loudly as they landed on the fig's branches and peered down at us with their ominous eyes. There were the sounds of flying lemurs flapping through the air as they skipped from one treetop to the next, shrilling eerily like those pret ghosts condemned to eternal hunger; tokay geckos croaking a low, haunting croak...