1215 362a0e74-f0ae-44f3-9bf5-57b4867165e3 Riotous Assembly Tom Sharpe calibre (2.83.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 <p class="description">When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active iin the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later -and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race.<br>In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room; and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison.<br>Not a 'political' novel in any previously imagined sense, Riotous Assembly provides a completely fresh approach to the South African scene -an approach at once startling in its deadpan savagery and outrageously funny.</p> Random House 9780099435457 eng