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A DANGEROUS PARADISE by Jo Hugh Jones

The novel "A Dangerous Paradise" is a non fiction novel about a journey of a man.This novel tells us about the travel of Alfred Russell Wallace through South East Asia.It is a true story and true journey of him.When I read it,i realise that it had many fact and story of charater experience that we can learn from it,not just history but about plant,animal,insect,places,and custom.After all,the writer itself is one of the greatest scientist in 19th Century.Most of the story is about background and culture of people in South East Asia that he meet in his journey to study in biology.So,we also will learn about our own culture and see it in other people perspectives.Moreover,the story was in 1854,so we can see much more culture that maybe already vanish today but been told in the novel by the writer.The story been write in writer perspectives and his tell us his feeling about what he experience in his journey,there are some culture that he find is cruel and some that he found is awesome.To sum it up,the novel was a wonderful picture of South East Asia,150 year ago.Therefore I suggest you To read this novel because it is a fantastic a and lovely novel.