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Death of an Old Goat by Robert Barnard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Death of an Old Goat about?
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 had never actually had to solve a crime before)probes the possible motives of the motley crew of academics who drink their way through the dreary days at Drummondale and as he investigates the bizarre behavior of some worthy locals, a hilarious, highly satirical portrait of life down under emerges.
Who reads Death of an Old Goat?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Robert Barnard
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140065374
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.45 / 5 (128 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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