La bête

by Kenneth Cook

Il pèse une demi-tonne, mais court à la vitesse d'un léopard. Ses yeux rouges, sa raie de poils blancs et ses défenses monstrueuses semblent tout droit surgis d'un cauchemar d'enfant. Son intelligence et sa ruse sèment la terreur parmi les fermiers. Alan Treval, écologiste intrépide, et son fils Michael partent sur les traces de l'animal le plus diabolique d'Australie... Et dans cette lutte acharnée, de l'homme ou de l'animal, qui sera le plus rusé ?Un régal de lecture agitée.” Transfuge

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Born 1929, died 1987. Kenneth Cook was a prolific Australian journalist, film director, screenwriter, TV personality and novelist. He is best known for his novel Wake in Fright, which became a modern classic and is still in print, and for his Killer Koala trilogy.

Reviews

[Shea Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's only just a pig."
An absorbing and gripping novel. The pig has uneven lengths of the tusks and a white streak face, and with its head raised would have reached the better part of two metres into the air. Christ, such a monster!