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![]() | The Gooseberry Fool (1974) (A book in the Kramer and Zondi series) A novel by James McClure |
Hugo Swart, faithful churchgoer and respected citizen, is found stabbed to death on the floor of his kitchen just before Christmas, on the hottest night of the year. If Mr. Swart's Reverend is to be believed, no one in the world could have a reason to kill him; the murder was most likely a robbery gone ugly, and the chief suspect is Swart's black servant, Shabalala, who has fled to the countryside. But Lieutenant Kramer suspects that not everything is as it seems. While Zondi pursues Shabalala in what turns out to be a treacherous tour of miserable outlying Bantu villages, Kramer tries to wring the truth out of some of Swart's acquaintances in Trekkersburg and Cape Town - it seems not everyone liked the victim quite as much as the Reverend did. But danger lies at every turn - what will this investigation cost the duo?
McClure's merciless depiction of 1970s South Africa, its many layers of racism, and the gaps between rich and poor make this perhaps the most devourable book in the Kramer and Zondi series yet.
Genre: Mystery
McClure's merciless depiction of 1970s South Africa, its many layers of racism, and the gaps between rich and poor make this perhaps the most devourable book in the Kramer and Zondi series yet.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
July 1974 : Hardback
| Title: Gooseberry Fool ([Gollancz thriller]) Author(s):: James McClure ISBN: 0575018216 / 9780575018211 (UK edition) Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Paperback Editions
December 2024 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Gooseberry Fool Author(s):: James Mcclure ISBN: 0380005387 / 9780380005383 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Mass Market Availability: Amazon CA |
June 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Gooseberry Fool: A Kramer and Zondi Investigation Set in South Africa (Kramer and Zondi Investigations Set in South Africa) Author(s):: James McClure ISBN: 1569479437 / 9781569479438 (USA edition) Publisher: Soho Crime Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
February 1994 : Paperback
| Title: The Gooseberry Fool Author(s):: James McClure ISBN: 0571164943 / 9780571164943 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
August 1976 : Paperback
| Title: The Gooseberry Fool (Penguin crime fiction) Author(s):: James McClure ISBN: 0140041966 / 9780140041965 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
Kindle Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Gooseberry Fool: A Kramer and Zondi Investigation Set in South Africa (Kramer and Zondi Investigations Set in South Africa) Author(s):: James Mcclure ISBN: B004J4XA1Y Publisher: Soho Crime Availability: Amazon |
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