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4 out of 5 stars
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Judith
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10-27-15
Dated and racist but still poetic.
This book is hard to listen to because it is amazingly racist but yet the descriptions are wonderful and parts of the story are very exciting. The mystery is easy to figure out. Not sure if everyone will like it. The narrator is wonderful. The publisher has put a disclaimer on it because of the racist and sexist language. It is a classic but I feel very ambivalent about recommending it.
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5 out of 5 stars
By
A. Raymond
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06-15-15
Story from another time....
I'd read other books from Arthur Upfield with Bony, the detective, and I hesitated before buying an Audble version until I saw who was reading/performing the story. I love Peter Hosking and was not disappointed. The stories are from a time when Australia was truly a wild frontier and the half-aboriginal detective is such an unusual character. The later stories keep giving more details of his skills and eccentricities. I can't wait for my next purchase. Truly stories you sit in the car listening for an acceptable point to turn off the story.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helen V
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01-29-15
Enchanting word pictures
Upfield's descriptions of the western districts are so vivid they take you right there.Brilliant. Not very PC but good yarn.
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