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Mick McCreary is an unemployed oilman offered to run a drilling operation on a remote island. He gets involved in murder, intrigue and fraud.
- Morris L. West
- 1958
McCreary moves in by West, Morris, 1916-1999. Publication date 1974 Topics Fiction in English Publisher London : Heinemann Collection inlibrary; printdisabled ...
Un petrolero Irlandés llamado McCreary apresado por un crimen (al parecer inofensivo), en la ciudad de Karang Sharo (Singapur), teniendo un boleto de avión listo y alguien que lo espera para ser deportado; llega más tarde un hombre que le hace una oferta, de embarcarse en una expedición a tierras desconocidas y buscar fortuna de la mano de ...
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McCreary moves in by West, Morris, 1916-1999. Publication date 1983 Publisher London : Coronet Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor
1 Have read. (aka The Concubine ) McCreary, an expert oil-driller convinced of his Irish good luck, with nothing to lose, accepts working for an ambitious and ruthless oil-trader.
Reissue of the renowned Australian author's thriller about the twin evils of murder and greed. Set in Asia. First published under the pen-name Michael East in 1958 and reissued under real name in 1973 as TThe Concubine'.
'Mick McCreary is an oilman out of a job. His only possessions are a plane ticket to Singapore, a month's pay in Indonesian rupiahs and the luck of the Irish. 'When the mysterious Mr Rubensohn approaches him with the offer of a breathtaking salary for a drilling operation on a remote island—no questions asked—he thinks that luck is running ...
