Shout at the Devil
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Shout at the Devil

Paperback – August 1, 1998

Price
$5.34
Format
Paperback
Pages
352
Publisher
Pan Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0330024402
Dimensions
4.37 x 0.94 x 7.01 inches
Weight
7.1 ounces

Description

About the Author Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds , and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.

Features & Highlights

  • In German East Africa on the eve of the First World War two freebooting adventurers - one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman - pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skirmishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devastating violence by land and sea, so that what begins as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror...

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Sad ending, good story

Not Smith's best, but a riveting read. Set in Africa just prior to WWI, describes a wayward American and old British poacher who get dragged into the fighting. Very sad ending.
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Five Stars

Wilbur Smith can write like no other