Lords and Lemurs: Mad scientists, kings with spears and the survival of diversity in Madagascar by Alison Jolly, Houghton Mifflin, $25, ISBN 0618367519 Reviewed by Adrian Barnett
IN A time when travel is easy, with almost no exotic destination out of reach, Lords and Lemurs shows how much effort it takes to truly get under the skin of a country and its culture. A world-renowned authority on lemurs, biologist Alison Jolly has spent the best part of 40 years working in Madagascar. In a deft and sensitive book she takes us as close as outsiders are ever likely to get…
