A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.

He began as a contributor for Encounter a cultural-literary magazine in 1963 and would eventually become a co-editor before terminating his relationship in 1970. The novel was converted into a play the next year. He spent his last years in Malta and died in Gloucestershire in July 1989.