- Title:
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Bushranger of the Skies
- Series:
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An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery #8
- Written by:
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Arthur W. Upfield
- Read by:
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Peter Hosking
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours 42 minutes
- Published:
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January 01 2009
- Available Date:
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January 01 2009
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742018225
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian; Australian Fiction; Detective; Indigenous Peoples; Mystery; Police Drama & Forensics
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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A classic Australian mystery.
An extraordinary case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte opens when a police car is bombed from the air on a lonely outback road by a mysterious pilot who plans to conquer a nation. The trail through the Land of Burning Water tests Bony's endurance to the limit and takes the detective as close to death as he has ever been.
"Written and set in rural Australia in the 1930s, Bushranger features Upfield's serial detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, whose task it is to stop murderous pilot Rex MacPherson from taking over his father's ranch. As Bonaparte dodges bombs and treks through miles of scrub, he is both helped and hindered by rival Aborigine tribes. Hosking has the requisite Aussie accent and the ability to differentiate characters as he narrates the story from dramatic opening to satisfying conclusion. Only the Aborigine pidgin seems demeaning in these politically correct times. Upfield admired the native Australians, but his condescending views led him to be banned from school curricula. Ironically, both the hero and villain here are half-castes."
AudioFile Magazine