tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post2857674697067349806..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: Arthur W. Upfield's Bushranger of the Skiesdfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-74101821199660444422019-12-18T03:19:49.153-08:002019-12-18T03:19:49.153-08:00As an Australian who has read all of his novels ov...As an Australian who has read all of his novels over 40 or so years, I'd very much agree with Wings Above the Diamantina and add (these are all titles as published in Australia) The Bone is Pointed, Death of a Lake, Madman's Bend, and The Will of the Tribe. <br /><br />I read Upfield as much for descriptions of the outback as for the mysteries. Atmosphere, landscape and Australiana are usually stronger than the mystery in most of his novels. <br /> <br />The 3 I didn't really like were The Bachelors of Broken Hill, Bony and the Kelly Gang and The Lake Frome Monster (completed after his death). pwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611277203524130853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-32532332626770976432019-12-16T14:55:39.519-08:002019-12-16T14:55:39.519-08:00What would you say are the best of the Upfield mys...<em>What would you say are the best of the Upfield mysteries?</em><br /><br /><em>Wings Above the Diamantina</em> is definitely my favourite. dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-14864901161627864702019-12-14T23:12:13.696-08:002019-12-14T23:12:13.696-08:00Thanks for the review - a shame that this title is...Thanks for the review - a shame that this title is only for completists. What would you say are the best of the Upfield mysteries? Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.com