The Mystery Of The Venus Island Fetish
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- Paperback
294 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2014
Summary
Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery.
Painted in white, red and black ochre, the heart-shaped mask was one of the greatest creations of primitive man. The size of a dining table, it was carved with crazed, spiky lines that told of its maker’s dangerous insanity. The nose, with its wide-open nostrils, sat above a great slash of a mouth filled with jagged, blackened, pig’s teeth. But these horrors were not what one first noticed. It was the eyes that drew you in. Bloodshot. Manic. Hypn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922079305 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922079308 |
| Author: | Dido Butterworth, Tim Flannery |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 294 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 413g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
‘Flannery has had ample fun writing The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish and readers can share that with him.’
‘Flannery has had ample fun writing The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish and readers can share that with him.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘There’s a wonderfully quirky array of characters wandering through this delightful period mystery that will not only give you insight into 1930s Sydney, but will also win you over with its warmth and humour. A wonderful read.’ * Surf Coast Times *
‘A light-hearted murder mystery with delightfully crude jokes.’ * Manly Daily *
‘Part Indiana Jones-style adventure, part satire on the way museums are run…It features a fanciful plot, a star-crossed hero and heroine, and some of the worst puns I’ve heard. Great fun.’ * Australian Women’s Weekly *
’[Flannery] lets rip with a brilliantly daft romp that, alongside a predilection for suggestive surnames, mines the mindsets and manners of pre-war Australia to perfection.’ * Australian Book Review *
‘You don’t have to be a museum insider to enjoy the fun. Flannery pokes at anthropologists of an early era.’ * Publishers Weekly *
‘A hilarious romp.’ * Bookpage *
‘A fantastic mystery, lots of action, and laugh-out-loud humor…A real find for readers who love misadventure and fantastical tales.’ * Suspense *
About The Author
Dido Butterworth
Tim Flannery is a paleontologist, an explorer, a conservationist, and a leading writer on climate change. His books include the award-winning international bestseller The Weather Makers, and Here on Earth, Atmosphere of Hope, and Europe- The First 100 Million Years, as well as his previous collaboration with his daughter, Emma Flannery, Big Meg.
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