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Smith, Wilbur A, 1933-

Shout at the devil / Wilbur Smith. - London : Mandarin, 1992, ©1968. - 463 pages 17.8 cm.

Wilbur Smith writes concussive action stories (When the Lion Feeds; The Sound of Thunder, etc.) with South African backgrounds, until now modern. This one is loosely based on the sinking of the German raider Konigsberg (here called Blucher) during World War I, anchored in the Rufiji basin in East Africa. But most of the narrative proceeds like an elephant in musth on the trail of ivory poacher Flynn Patrick O'Flynn, his aide and son-in-law. Sebastian, and their perennial enemy, Herman Fleischer, the victim of their outrageous hoaxes and reprisals. Until the war breaks out and Fleischer, Military Commander, burns down their house and Sebastian's infant daughter. The vendetta continues and extends into an official incident of the war revolving around the Blucher and an attempt by the English to see that it does not get away. . . . Flynn O'Flynn's a congenial rogue and Shout roars right along at a tremendous pace - for postgraduate western readers. (Kirkus Reviews)

ISBN: 0749306165 9780749306168 0749306165

Nat. Bib. No.: b9234057 GB92-34057

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1914-1918)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1914-1918

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poaching--Africa--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Africa --Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: English fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Adventure fiction.
War stories.

LC Class. No.: PR9405.9.S5 / S5 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 823.914