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Review
"A murderously funny farce." - Daily Telegraph


"Savagely hilarious." - Sunday Mirror


"Explosively funny, fiendishly inventive." - Sunday Times --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime of passion, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded: Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later - and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Piemburg is deceptive. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old warder, saluting base, elephant gun, black convicts, tracker dogs, scatter gun, black cook Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Hazelstone, Kommandant van Heerden, Konstabel Els, Luitenant Verkramp, Sergeant de Kock, Sir Theophilus, Jonathan Hazelstone, South Africa, Fort Rapier, Governor Schnapps, Bishop of Barotseland, Piemburg Prison, Konstabel Oosthuizen, Old Rhino Skin, Piemburg Hospital, Emergency Powers, Hangman Els, State Attorney, British Empire, Commissioner of Police, Executioner Els, Kaffir-Killer Els, Bureau of State Security, Security Branch New!
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