by Arthur William Upfield · Editions 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264020826
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«La branche coupée» is the crime novel by Arthur William Upfield, published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (in French).
The story begins with a cunning father who goes from bar to bar deceiving the waiters while his son tries to track him down. It is an instalment of the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series, a detective of white and Aboriginal descent, whose investigation unfolds with precise touches on the Australian landscapes in a leisurely and mysterious atmosphere.
Book 24 of the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series. The original novel, «Bony and the Black Virgin», was published in 1959; this French edition came out in 1994 in the Grands Détectives collection.
For lovers of classic crime fiction, with a mixed-race detective and Australian landscapes unusual in the genre.
Arthur William Upfield was an English-Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a mixed-race Indigenous Australian. His books were the basis for a 1970s Australian television series entitled Boney, as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series.
