![]() ![]() ![]() Clever and multi-layered in its portrayal of the people and landscape of apartheid South Africa. In a considered but very commercial novel, Malla Nunn combines a compelling plot with a thoughtful and complex portrayal of a fascinating period of history, illustrating the human desires that drive us all, regardless of race, colour or creed.Ī Beautiful Place To Die is the first of a planned series of novels featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper. A Beautiful Place to Die: An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery Book Information: screenwriter Malla Nunn delivers a stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in. And as the National Party introduces the laws to support the system of apartheid, Emmanuel struggles - much like Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko - to remain a good man in the face of astonishing power. When an Afrikaans police captain is murdered in a small South African country town, Detective Emmanuel Cooper must navigate his way through the labyrinthine racial and social divisions that split the community. A Beautiful Place to Die A Novel by Malla Nunn Critics Opinion: Readers Opinion: Not Yet Rated First Published: Jan 2009, 384 pages Paperback: Oct 2009, 384 pages Genres Debut Rate this book Write a Review Book Reviewed by: Allison Stadd Buy This Book About this Book Summary Excerpt 1 South Africa, September 1952. ![]()
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