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1 y separately published work icon Kundu; Nacktes Land; Der Schatz der Dona Lucia; Die Konkubine : vier romane in einem band Morris West , ( trans. Klaus Boer et. al. )agent)expression Munich : Ullstein , 2000 Z1395404 2000 selected work novel
15 1 y separately published work icon The Navigator Morris West , ( trans. Werner Peterich with title Insel der Seefahrer : ein Sud-See Roman ) Munich : Droemer Knaur , 1977 Z529900 1976 single work novel

'Son of a Norwegian master-mariner and grandson of Kaloni, the last of the great Polynesian navigators, Gunnar Thorkild is a man consumed by a dream. Convinced that the Polynesians' legendary Island of the Dead is real, he risks his career, his life—and those of his fellow adventurers—to find it.

'Shipwrecked on the very island they seek, the castaways are forced to leave behind everything they know and rely upon. To survive in this lush tropical paradise, they must make new laws of power and property, of sex and marriage.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

6 y separately published work icon McCreary Moves In Michael East , ( trans. Werner Peterich with title Die Konkubine ) Munich : Droemer Knaur , 1977 Z528466 1958 single work novel

'Mick McCreary is an oilman out of a job. His only possessions are a plane ticket to Singapore, a month's pay in Indonesian rupiahs and the luck of the Irish.

'When the mysterious Mr Rubensohn approaches him with the offer of a breathtaking salary for a drilling operation on a remote island—no questions asked—he thinks that luck is running with him once more.

'But then he meets the beautiful Lisette, and within twenty-four hours he is involved in murder, intrigue and an international fraud of frightening proportions.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

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