(Probably Found) Gargantua

[Dave Mckee]

I read a science fiction book in the late fifties /early sixties, possibly with the above title.
About the only thing I can remember about it is that it involved lemurs on an island off Africa, possibly Madagascar.
Does anyone else recollect it?
Bit obscure, I know, but I've searched long and hard in book shops and on the internet with no luck.

 

[CassFrank]

While I realize it is unlikely that Dave McKee might return and the details here are very limited, I think this might be Philip Wylie’s The Savage Gentleman.

It was first published in 1945 but reprinted in the 1950s. It is a Tarzan-sequel story about a boy raised on a “lost” Indonesian island festooned with ancient ruins and populated by giant, unknown lemurs.

 

[Dave]

It wasn't the David McKee who wrote Mr Benn, Not Now Bernard, and Elmer the Elephant? He sadly died in 2022.

All I wanted to say was that Lemurs are only found on Madagascar, but then if the island is a fantasy "lost" world that really doesn't matter anyway!

I'll mark this thread as a strong possible find.

 

[BAYLOR]

While I realize it is unlikely that Dave McKee might return and the details here are very limited, I think this might be Philip Wylie’s The Savage Gentleman.

It was first published in 1945 but reprinted in the 1950s. It is a Tarzan-sequel story about a boy raised on a “lost” Indonesian island festooned with ancient ruins and populated by giant, unknown lemurs.

I wish id found this book , it sounds like a fun read.