The Resource A beautiful place to die : a novel, Malla Nunn
A beautiful place to die : a novel, Malla Nunn
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- Summary
- In 1952 South Africa, as apartheid laws are going into effect, English detective Emmanuel Cooper's investigation into an Afrikaans police officer's murder is hampered by the Afrikaner Secret Police's campaign to capture black communist radicals
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416586203
- Label
- A beautiful place to die : a novel
- Title
- A beautiful place to die
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Malla Nunn
- Subject
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- trueRace relations
- Police -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueSegregation
- South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction
- trueSouth Africa -- History -- 1909-1961
- South Africa -- Fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueAfrikaners -- South Africa
- trueApartheid
- trueBritish in South Africa
- trueCooper, Emmanuel (Fictitious character)
- trueCrimes against police
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- truePolice -- South Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1952 South Africa, as apartheid laws are going into effect, English detective Emmanuel Cooper's investigation into an Afrikaans police officer's murder is hampered by the Afrikaner Secret Police's campaign to capture black communist radicals
- Summary
- Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique, 1952. An Afrikaner police officer is found dead. Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder following a trail of clues that lead him to uncover ashocking forbidden love and the imperfect life of one Captain Pretorius
- Award
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- Davitt Awards, Best Adult Novel, 2009.
- RUSA Reading List, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 294889
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- BO8W
- CP9A
- FC8L
- K8RT
- LJER
- PWS
- W8J4
- XCAI
- XNOS
- XPPL
- ZA8K
- ZB8K
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nunn, Malla
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.4
- LC item number
- .N86 2009
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Detective Emmanuel Cooper mysteries
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Police
- Murder
- South Africa
- South Africa
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A beautiful place to die : a novel, Malla Nunn
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18294058
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416586203
- Isbn Type
- : HRD
- Lccn
- 2008025858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0007634730
- Label
- A beautiful place to die : a novel, Malla Nunn
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18294058
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416586203
- Isbn Type
- : HRD
- Lccn
- 2008025858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0007634730
Subject
- trueRace relations
- Police -- South Africa -- Fiction
- trueSegregation
- South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction
- trueSouth Africa -- History -- 1909-1961
- South Africa -- Fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueAfrikaners -- South Africa
- trueApartheid
- trueBritish in South Africa
- trueCooper, Emmanuel (Fictitious character)
- trueCrimes against police
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- truePolice -- South Africa
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