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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Death of an Old Goat
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'Professor Belville-Smith had bored university audiences in England with the same lecture for fifty years. Now he was crossing the Australian continent, doing precisely the same. Never before had the reaction been so extreme, however, for shortly after an undistinguished appearance at Drummondale University, the doddering old professor is found brutally murdered.

'As Police Inspector Royle (who has never actually had to solve a crime before) investigates the bizarre behaviour of some worthy locals, a hilarious, highly satirical portait of life down under emerges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • 'Drummondale University' is influenced by the author's tenure at the University of New England in Armidale.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      The Crime Club ,
      1974 .
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      Extent: 190p.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Walker and Company ,
      1977 .
      image of person or book cover 8963851583416653044.jpg
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      Extent: 190p.
      ISBN: 0802753655
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Penguin Books ,
      1983 .
      image of person or book cover 2236059724492807630.jpg
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      Extent: 190p.
      ISBN: 0140065377
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Mysterious Press ,
      1990 .
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      Extent: 204p.
      ISBN: 0099582708
    • Bath, Somerset,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Chivers ,
      2005 .
      Extent: 192p.
      ISBN: 1405685204

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Murder Down Under : The Contribution of British Authors Philip Scowcroft , 2004-2005 single work column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 52-53)
Murder Down Under : The Contribution of British Authors Philip Scowcroft , 2004-2005 single work column
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 52-53)
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