When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime of passion, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded: Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later - and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison.
Piemburg Séries
Cette série offre un regard satirique et humoristique noir sur l'Afrique du Sud coloniale, mêlant les absurdités du travail policier à des personnages excentriques et des conventions sociales. Suivez un mélange de crimes bizarres, d'enquêtes non conventionnelles et de critiques acerbes des préjugés et des injustices de l'époque. Chaque récit expose la face cachée d'une vie apparemment idyllique, offrant une perspective unique sur la société de l'époque.
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Indecent Exposure. Mohrenwäsche, englische Ausgabe
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Sharpe’s second South African novel is a riot of hilarity when the local constabulary sets out to terrorize true Englishmen and even truer Zulus, in its relentless search for a perfect South Africa.