by Arthur William Upfield · Editions 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264029003
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«Le prophète du temps» is the crime novel by Arthur William Upfield, published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (269 pages, in French).
Detective Napoleon Bonaparte, Bony, investigates the strange death of Ben Wickham, a renowned meteorologist with numerous enemies in high society. The case takes him from fishing to hunting the killer, while he nears his retirement in the Australian bush. To solve it, he relies on Alice McGorr, an old acquaintance expert in interrogations.
Original title: The Battling Prophet. Number 20 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series, in the Grands détectives collection. Translated from English by Michèle Valencia.
For readers of classic crime fiction, particularly those interested in Detective Bony and plots set in Australia.
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.
