The Lie of the Land is a novel set against the background of the German colonial wars in Namibia in the early 1900s. The central character is an academic in linguistics who occasionally acts as a British agent. He is a cynical, private individual who sees himself as a neutral observer but is eventually forced to take sides when he witnesses the atrocities of the Herero and Nama genocide and, above all, meets a young Nama woman who enchants him. The novel explores the shifting nature of the oppressor and the oppressed. Despite the unfolding tragic events, the story is lightened by surprising bursts of humour, and is ultimately a love story.
The silence of the night was shattered by a series of screams ... a white figure, almost six feet tall, appeared out of nowhere, screaming at the top of its voice and flailing its arms ... When Nisha and Ram are sent off to spend their holiday with Nose Uncle at his farm, they are not too happy. After all, Nose Uncle is old, and he is an archaeologist, so how much fun would they have? The brother and sister were never more wrong. Because when Nose Uncle is around, there’s not a dull moment. Using his magnificent nose which resembles the prow of a mighty battleship, Uncle can sniff out both ancient ruins and modern criminals. While digging in a field, looking for signs of an ancient Roman port, Uncle and his young assistants are hurled into a series of mystifying and extraordinarily dangerous adventures. Is Professor Andre Rigolet, of the Free University of Central Quebec, really what he claims to be? Why is he in danger? Who are the shadowy people digging in the dark night near their archeological dig? Then the children are kidnapped by a ruthless gang of smugglers, and it is up to Nose Uncle and his faithful ally, his nose, to get answers to these intriguing questions, solve the mystery and rescue the children. A racy adventure story, Nose Uncle marks the exciting debut of a delightful, eccentric detective.
Riveting yarns of adventure and romance told with gentle wit - Great-grandpa claims to be over a hundred years old, and no one is about to contradict him. He is a South Indian gentleman of immense character, though he might not look it. All that distinguishes him are his enormous hennaed moustache, which he is very proud of, and his walking stick, which he makes every attempt to hide. Dressed in his trademark white dhoti and cotton shirt, he sits in his battered white cane chair in the garden all day, and drinks cup after cup of hot, sweet, milky tea. And tells his great-grandson the most incredible stories. There isn t a thing great-grandpa hasn t done in his younger years, it appears. He has captured a tiger single-handed, won a classical music contest as a rank outsider, run a detective agency, come face to face with a ghost in Fort St. George, been captured by the French for spying in Pondicherry, had his brush with fame as a film actor, beaten the viceroy s team in an impromptu cricket match, and even encountered the world s last surviving unicorn in Mohenjodaro. All this would seem extremely unlikely, if it were not for the verve with which great-grandpa tells the stories, and the detail he embellishes them with. One doesn t quite know whether to believe him, but it s great fun listening to him anyway. And one can t really put the heroic deeds past him. After all, hasn t he recently hypnotized a combative crocodile at the zoo by dancing in front of it and making it go cross-eyed?
The Lie of the Land is a novel set against the background of the German colonial wars in Namibia in the early 1900s. The central character is an academic in linguistics who occasionally acts as a British agent. He is a cynical, private individual who sees himself as a neutral observer but is eventually forced to take sides when he witnesses the atrocities of the Herero and Nama genocide and, above all, meets a young Nama woman who enchants him. The novel explores the shifting nature of the oppressor and the oppressed. Despite the unfolding tragic events, the story is lightened by surprising bursts of humour, and is ultimately a love story.
The silence of the night was shattered by a series of screams ... a white figure, almost six feet tall, appeared out of nowhere, screaming at the top of its voice and flailing its arms ... When Nisha and Ram are sent off to spend their holiday with Nose Uncle at his farm, they are not too happy. After all, Nose Uncle is old, and he is an archaeologist, so how much fun would they have? The brother and sister were never more wrong. Because when Nose Uncle is around, there’s not a dull moment. Using his magnificent nose which resembles the prow of a mighty battleship, Uncle can sniff out both ancient ruins and modern criminals. While digging in a field, looking for signs of an ancient Roman port, Uncle and his young assistants are hurled into a series of mystifying and extraordinarily dangerous adventures. Is Professor Andre Rigolet, of the Free University of Central Quebec, really what he claims to be? Why is he in danger? Who are the shadowy people digging in the dark night near their archeological dig? Then the children are kidnapped by a ruthless gang of smugglers, and it is up to Nose Uncle and his faithful ally, his nose, to get answers to these intriguing questions, solve the mystery and rescue the children. A racy adventure story, Nose Uncle marks the exciting debut of a delightful, eccentric detective.
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