Book review: The Penguin Lessons

DID last year’s John Lewis Christmas advert have you laughing and crying at the same time and off on a jaunt to the local zoo to see a real-life version of Monty the penguin? Then this is the book for you.

It documents the unique real-life story of the author Michell, back in 1975 when he was 23 years old.

With a passion for travelling and adventure, he heads off to become an assistant master at a prestigious boarding school in Argentina, but en-route finds himself helping an oil-covered penguin in Uruguay.