{"product_id":"2026200013397-secondhand-brazilian-adventure","title":"Brazilian Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1932, a young Peter Fleming answered a newspaper advertisement seeking volunteers for an expedition into the unmapped heart of the Brazilian Mato Grosso — a journey ostensibly mounted to discover the fate of the vanished explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett — and what followed became one of the most celebrated travel narratives of the twentieth century. Brazilian Adventure chronicles Fleming's extraordinary odyssey with razor-sharp wit and unflinching honesty, detailing months of gruelling river crossings, suffocating jungle, and the absurd camaraderie that binds men together at the edge of the known world.\n\nBeyond its gripping account of physical endurance, the book stands as a masterclass in self-deprecating, distinctly English prose — a style that would come to define the golden age of travel writing. Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, brings a journalist's eye and a novelist's flair to the genre, skewering the pomposity of imperial adventure mythology even as he lives it. Whether one reads it as a comedic memoir, a sharp piece of social observation, or a genuine record of hardship in one of the world's most formidable landscapes, Brazilian Adventure leaves the reader wondering where, precisely, the line between heroism and farce truly lies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203349881051,"sku":"2026200013397-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dfdf76bb-991f-4853-a942-078627059d25.png?v=1788147920","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013397-secondhand-brazilian-adventure","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}