Kenneth Cook

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

死亡 : 1987-04-18

略歴

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.

参加作品

荒野の千鳥足
荒野の千鳥足
Novel
都会のシドニーから何もない田舎町へ単身赴任でやってきた小学校教師のジョン・グラントは、クリスマス休暇で恋人に会うためシドニーに帰る途中、とある町に一泊することになる。町の住民たちのもてなしでビールを浴びるように飲んだジョンは、狂乱のギャンブルやカンガルー狩りの興奮にも魅了され、そのまま町に1週間滞在することになるが……。
Fear Is the Rider
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.