Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker [Large Print] [Hardcover]

H. R. F. Keating (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2005

Inspector Ghote embarks on a strange case when he is ordered to prevent the killing of a flamingo in the Bombay zoo. And then there is the racehorse fancied to win the Derby, which gets replaced by a donkey. . . . Saddled with a sergeant of hilarious incompetence, he unearths the traces of a monstrous practical joker.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'All the dry-eyed penetration of an English Simenon, coupled with Keating's usual sly humour: a treat not to be missed' - Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

From AudioFile

Harry Keating's Inspector Ghote novels, set in Bombay, India, present a unique challenge to a narrator: to read Indian dialect with respect and accuracy. Narrator Sam Dastor, a Shakespearean actor whose audiobook credits include works by Kipling, Forster, and Naipaul, meets the challenge in this police adventure. After the killing of valuable flamingos at the Bombay Zoo and the substitution of a prize race horse with a donkey, Inspector Ghote and his hapless sergeant are called on to stop the heartless practical joker--until murder turns up a full house. The plot of this mystery is good, but plays second fiddle to Keating's characterizations and Dastor's expert reading. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; 1 edition (June 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786274271
• ISBN-13: 978-0786274277
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,921,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)