An Inconvenience of Penguins

Jamie Lafferty

An Inconvenience of Penguins follows award-winning travel writer Jamie Lafferty as he visits all 18 species of penguin a bid to understand the birds and their extraordinarily varied habitats. On voyages to some of the world's most inaccessible and challenging landscapes, he recounts the history of our unique relationship with the world's most popular bird, telling stories of the penguins, but also the people and places around them.

From getting stranded in the Galapagos to marching through African guano fields, and leading photography groups in the Antarctic to taking psychedelics on the Falklands, this is a birding quest like no other.

Featuring cameos from a wide cast of characters including Ernest Shackleton, Charles Darwin, and Sir Francis Drake, as well as beautiful photographs of each penguin species, An Inconvenience of Penguins is part-love letter to and part-biography of these remarkable creatures. 352 pages.

Softback £12.99