The murderer's ape / / Jakob Wegelius ; translated from the Swedish by Peter Graves

• Autore: Wegelius Jakob
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 839.738
• Soggetto topico: Adventure and adventurers; Friendship; Gorilla; Human-animal relationships; Murder - Investigation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Detective and mystery fiction; Action and adventure fiction; Novels.
• Soggetto non controllato: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
• Persona (resp. second.): GravesPeter <1942->
• Note generali: "First published in hardcover in the Swedish language as Mördarens Apa by Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm, Sweden, in 2014"--Title page verso.; Map on lining pages.
• Nota di contenuto: Characters -- The typewriter -- Me, the chief and the Hudson Queen -- Morro -- Agiere -- A cargo of weapons -- A sorry spectacle -- A nocturnal drama -- The murderer's gorilla -- The singing -- The woman in the window -- The house by the nameless park -- The tram inspector -- Signor Fidardo -- An evil premonition -- Days and nights -- A little red accordion -- Organs for the dead -- The werewolf on Rua de São Tomé -- The present -- The grave of Elisa Gomes -- Nights at the Tamarind -- The hill behind the prison -- A greeting from the other side -- The Far East -- Fabulous Forzini -- Farol do Bugio -- The viscount -- Purple -- The bishop's conditions -- Cochin -- Song of Limerick -- A notch in the blade -- Storm winds from the Sahara -- Rue des Soeurs -- A strange beast -- The SS Minsk goes down -- Bombay -- The Malabar Star -- Karachi -- The station inspector in Jodhpur -- Delayed meetings -- An audience in the durbar room -- An oath of loyalty -- The Lord Chamberlain -- Recruited as a spy -- Maji Sahiba -- Checkmate -- The flying maharaja -- Emergency landings and champagne -- A deceitful plan -- Sabotage -- Saudade -- An unexpected invitation -- Seven hundred pearls from Bahrain -- Tears of joy and some light refreshments -- The HMS Rana -- Ayesha -- Mattancherry -- Night in Jew town -- Disappointments -- Playing for high stakes -- An exchange of turbans -- Reunions -- Waiting -- Familiar handwriting -- The telephone -- The patient -- Alarm -- Tram number four to Estrela -- The shot -- Footprints -- Inspector Umbelino and the truth -- Uncle Alves -- Red sails in the morning -- Iron gates -- The great scandal -- Letter from a dead man -- A funeral feast -- The last meal on board -- Dynamite! -- Autumn evening.
• Sommario/riassunto: When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally Jones visits the run-down docks of Lisbon, embarks on a dizzying journey across the seven seas, and calls on the Maharaja of Bhapur's magnificent court--all in an attempt to clear Henry's name.
• Altri titoli varianti: Mèordarens apa
• Titolo autorizzato: The Murderer's Ape
• ISBN: 1-101-93177-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157778903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II