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The quarry

A fugitive kills a minister and assumes his identity, in which he must bury his victim and bear the watchful scrutiny of the local sheriff.

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  • "A fugitive kills a minister and assumes his identity, in which he must bury his victim and bear the watchful scrutiny of the local sheriff."@en
  • "On a lonely stretch of road, a nameless man commits a murder. The victim is a religious minister on his way to take up a post in a nearby town. The murderer decides to steal the dead man's identity only to discover that one of his first duties is to bury a body that has just been found close to a disused quarry ... Although there is evidence linking others to the crime, the head of the local police, the Captain, knows the new minister is guilty. The Captain decides to bide his time - watching, listening, slowly circling his prey. With the town's church ablaze, the Captain is compelled to pursue the murderer across the veld, as his exhausted quarry struggles to make good his escape."@en
  • "This novella, originally published ten years ago in South Africa, is an almost allegorical story of a fugitive wandering an unnamed landscape who meets up with a minister, murders him, and assumes his identity. The stark prose reflects the bleak countryside and sense of hopelessness that pervades the book and the dusty village where the man now resides. A rock quarry outside the village serves as a metaphor for moral and spiritual emptiness. It's also a pun, as the man becomes the prey of the local policeman who at first suspects and then relentlessly pursues him."@en
  • "A minister on his way to a new congregation picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a fugitive from justice. The hitchhiker kills the minister and assumes his vestments and identity, only to discover that one of his first duties as the new minister is to bury the body of his victim, which has just been found close to an empty quarry."
  • "When a man of the spirit gives up his body, soul and identity to another, who is watching?"@en
  • "En Afrique du Sud, sur une route désertique, près d'une ville portuaire, un homme titube et se dirige vers la mer. Le hasard d'une crevaison va placer sur son chemin le pasteur Frans Niemand. Ce dernier, qui a compris que l'homme est recherché, s'arrête auprès d'une carrière abandonnée et tente de monnayer son silence en échange de quelques caresses. L'homme le tue et endosse ses vêtements..."

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Roman africain de langue anglaise"@en

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  • "La faille"
  • "La faille : roman"
  • "The quarry"
  • "The quarry"@en
  • "The Quarry"
  • "The Quarry"@en
  • "De groeve"
  • "Das Sündenopfer Roman"
  • "Das sundenopfer"

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