Лучшие книги Николаса Дрейсона

Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with the leader of the local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa. Little can he imagine the hurdles that lie before him. Even as he plucks up the courage to ask for Rose's hand, thieves, potential kidnappers and corrupt officials, not to mention one particularly determined love rival, seem destined to thwart Mr Malik's chances. Will an…

Good old Mr Malik is busy with preparations, not just for the elaborate expedition but also for his daughter Petula's impending marriage and a visit from her elusive fiance, Salman. The club itself, meanwhile, is gripped by the longstanding mystery of Lord Erroll's murder, as a new theory is causing heated debate. Shortly before their departure, though, the stuffed remains of the Kima Killer, a local tiger of notorious appetites and the club's mascot, vanishes...
Will Petula's marriage go ahead without a hitch? Will Lord Erroll's murderer be found? Who has stolen the Kima Killer - and how? All will be revealed to the safari-goers, along with a little surprise from genial Mr Malik...

A young British naturalist sets out to learn whether or not platypi lay eggs. First, though, he must travel to Queensland. On the way, he meets a lively cast, a bushman, a bullocky, and a blind girl with a few secrets of her own.

A murder, a vanished tropical island, a thwarted love affair...clues to the origin of Charles Darwin's famous theory. A nameless narrator, abandoned on an island soon to be obliterated by volcanic activity, tells the story of his life and exile from England. The tale is as extraordinary for its observations of a surreal natural history as for the dark twistings of human nature it reveals. His particular interest is beetles - a passion he shares, most literally, with the idolized friend of his school years, Charles Darwin - and his reckless pursuit of the golden scarab has led him to a place that mirrors the Galapagos in the utter singularity of its fauna and flora. Blood-sucking mistletoe and amphibian swallows are but two of the fantastic species he records. Is this the diary of a madman? Or is it the story of why Darwin published the book that destroyed his belief in God? Fearlessly original in conception, this novel evokes a collaboration between Jules Verne and Patrick O'Brian.