User:Sshenoy/The Steam Pig
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| Author | James McClure |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Paul Bacon |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Black humor, satire, war fiction, historical fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 11 November 1961 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 453 pp (1st edition hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-684-83339-5 |
| OCLC | 35231812 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3558.E476 C3 2004 |
| Followed by | Closing Time (1994) |
'The Steam Pig' is a murder mystery novel by the British / South African author James McClure, first published in 1971.
The novel follows an investigation by the Trekkersburg police into the murder of a young coloured woman in apartheid South Africa. Apartheid is a major plot element and the novel skillfully builds a picture of the strange inter-personal relationships between different sections of society during the time. This was the first of eight novels to feature the detective team of Kramer and Zondi.
Synopsis
[edit]A young woman thought to have died of natural causes is discovered to have been murdered when she is being prepared for burial.
Crime Writers Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award, 1971.