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Indlæser... Appleby On Ararat (Inspector Appleby Mysteries) (original 1941; udgave 2001)af Michael Innes
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Strange plot, not one of his better books. ( ) Three Englishmen (a policeman, a colonel, and a clergyman), an Englishwoman, an Australian woman, and an African man are stranded on a Pacific island after their boat is torpedoed in the early part of the Second World War. A few days later the African, Sir Ponto Unumunu, is found dead, the back of his head having been bashed in. The policeman is of course John Appleby and he investigates as they discover that the island is not as deserted as they thought. The social comedy before the torpedo hits as the white characters bicker amongst themselves and then have to adjust their racial ideas to an educated African with a knighthood is very funny. The casual racism exhibited by the characters towards Pacific Islanders in the abstract and those they meet is deplorable but no doubt true to how many British people did think at the time the book was written. Despite these sour notes, it's still an enjoyable adventure story, rather than purely a detective story. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Inspector Appleby is stranded on a very strange island, with a rather odd bunch of people - too many men, too few women (and one of them too attractive) cause a deal of trouble. But that is nothing compared to later developments, including the body afloat in the water, and the attack by local inhabitants. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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