DETECTIVE KUBU AND A CARRION DEATH by Michael Stanley — DETECTIVE KUBU AND A CARRION DEATH by Michael Stanley, the pen name of two South African professors, introducing a charming overweight opera loving Botswana detective who unravels the mystery of a dead body found in the bush, and in doing so, uncovers a chain of murders linked to the most powerful people in the country, in a work that juxtaposes the “old” Africa of superstition, traditional tribal culture, and colonialism, with the “new” Africa of rationality, big business, and nationality to Harper Collins VP Claire Wachtel in a two-book good deal by agent Marly Rusoff (World English)
