Man of Two Tribes by Arthur Upfield

Man of Two Tribes

by Arthur Upfield

William Heinemann, 1956
First edition,
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
Minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, previous owners’ initials on front endpaper. Dustjacket a little worn with minor chipping and tears. (see photographs)

“Myra Thomas, an acquitted murderess, appeared to have walked off the train somewhere along the hundreds of miles of track that crosses the treeless, dead flat Nullarbor Plain of South Australia.  And Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the only policeman capable of coping with such country, was out looking for her.  It seemed like a search for a dust mote in a vacuum.  Starting from Mount Singular with two camels and a dog, Bony follows an old dingo trapper’s landmarks through Menzies’ Delight, Bumblefoot Hole, Nightmare Gutter and Curley’s Hate in quest of a clue, and, despite the bushcraft in his blood and bones and the renowned Napoleonic intelligence, gets some rude shocks.”