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A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael StanleySeries:Detective Kubu #1Publish date:2009-03-31Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061252419ISBN-10:61252417UPC:9780061252419Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, CrimeBook Topic:Police Procedural, SuspenseSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMCTKPKF1

"[An] impressive debut. . . . The intricate plotting, a grisly sense of realism and numerous topical motifs . . . make this a compulsively readable novel." -- Publishers Weekly

A Carrion Death offers a gritty, authentic look at modern-day Africa teeming with poachers, deadly diamond dealers and the aftermath of apartheid.

They found the first body--what the hyena didn't ravage, that is--near a waterhole considered magical by the local people. A string of clues suggests that the victim was murdered and his identity hidden, a mysterious crime tailor-made for Assistant Superintendent David Bengu, nicknamed Kubu (hippopotamus in Setswana) for his ability to trample whatever lies in the path of his objective. Detective Kubu, a clever and resourceful lawman, is determined to rid Botswana of crime and corruption, even if his discoveries following a blood-soaked trail marked by lies and superstition leads him to the most powerful figures in the country: people who would make powerful, dangerous enemies.

A Carrion Death juxtaposes familiar themes of wilderness, superstition, tribal culture and colonialism with the new understandings of Africa's big business and modernity. It is an unforgettable debut.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061252419ISBN-10:61252417UPC:9780061252419Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, CrimeBook Topic:Police Procedural, SuspenseSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMCTKPKF1
Stanley, Michael: -

Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Sears was born in Johannesburg, grew up in Cape Town and Nairobi, and teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand. Trollip was also born in Johannesburg and has been on the faculty of the universities of Illinois, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and at Capella University. He divides his time between Knysna, South Africa, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Michael Stanley

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