Kenneth Cook

Nacimiento : 1929-05-05, Lakemba, Sydney, Australia

Muerte : 1987-04-18

Historia

Kenneth Cook was an Australian journalist, television documentary maker, and novelist best known for his works Wake in Fright, which is still in print five decades after its first publication, and the humorous Killer Koala trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Cook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

Despertar en el infierno
Novel
John Grant, un excelente profesor que llega a una ciudad de mineros situada en un inhóspito desierto, decide pasar allí la noche antes de coger un avión para Sydney. Pero pasan cinco noches y parece que Grant se está acercando poco a poco a la autodestrucción. Cuando los efectos del alcohol empiezan a distorsionar su percepción de las cosas, surgirá un aspecto de su personalidad muy poco agradable, que se traduce en un gran desprecio por sí mismo.
Fear Is the Rider
Book
John Shaw, a photojournalist arrives in Australia trying to recover from his experiences reporting on the Vietnam War. After meeting a young woman in a small-town bar, he decides to detour into the Outback to photograph cave paintings. Out there, under the baking sun, people can die within hours. But the elements are not the most hazardous thing in the bush, and Shaw and his mysterious companion soon find themselves caught up in an unrelenting fight for survival.