Bony and the White Savage
$32.31
- Paperback
148 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2019
Summary
By a lonely roadside in the south-west corner of Western Australia, old-time Karl Mueller is roused from his drink-sodden sleep by approaching footsteps and the sound of whistling. What he sees on waking (or thinks he sees) is enough to make him stiffen with fear, and more than enough to worry the police into calling for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. The disturber of Muellers rest is Marvin Rhudder - once an outstanding theological student, now a convicted rapist and basher, a bloody savage whose recapture will put all of Bonys sleuthing and tracking skills to the test. “Bony - a unique figure among top-flight detectives.” - BBC
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925706710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925706710 |
| Author: | Arthur W. Upfield |
| Publisher: | ETT Imprint |
| Imprint: | ETT Imprint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 148 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Inspector Bonaparte Mysteries |
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Arthur W. Upfield
Arthur Upfield was born in Gosport in 1890 and arrived in Australia in 1911, working near Broken Hill as a rouseabout and cook. He enlisted in 1914 and was allotted to Light Horse Brigade train and served from Gallipoli to Beersheba, at the same time as Ion Idriess. He began writing while in the outback, and created the first Aboriginal detective, Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte – or Bony – based on the Aboriginal tracker Leon Wood. The first Bony appeared in The Barrakee Mystery in 1929, and he became an international celebrity in 1932 when his book The Sands of Windee was the model for the murderer Snowy Rowles (see Upfield’s Murchison Murders) 29 Bonys were published, also in France and Germany. 26 episodes were made for TV in the early 1970s, and will soon appear again on your screen. “In the mystique of the bush, Upfield saw elements of epic power in Australian life. In contrast, his rather dry style and meticulous plotting seem distinctly smaller in scale. But that is part of Upfield’s impact, creating a worm’s eye view of awesome natural grandeur, a sense of human inadequacy in a dominating continent.”
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