The Battling Prophet

by Arthur W. Upfield

Book Overview

Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is on leave, staying with an old friend near Adelaide. Ben Wickham, a meteorologist whose uncannily accurate weather forecasts had helped farmers all over... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020896913
• ISBN13: 9780020896913
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Collier Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Bony and Pals explore benders, weather forecasting and evil

In the past 12 years, I've reread this gem 4 times - and look forward to the next time. The leading characters are superbly portrayed, as the good guys try to protect a deceased scientist's uncanny system that predicts Aussie weather, 12 months in advance.. The manuscripts are protected by two binge drinkers, both in their eighties, both with colorful cattle drover backgrounds. A key aspect of the plot: Upfield offers colorful insights into the differing psychological nightmare/illusions associated with various types of liquor - and gets these distinctions into the unraveling of the plot.. The central old-timer comes across much like the old geezer prospector in Treasure of Sierra Madre. Plus: Bony's wily ability to outsmart his police-bosses is top-rate here. Don't miss this one!