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The Ka of Gifford Hillary (A Black Magic Story) (Paperback)

by Dennis Wheatley (Author)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mandarin; New Ed edition (21 Feb 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0749306726
ISBN-13: 978-0749306724
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Controversy rages at the Ministry of Defence. And Sir Gifford Hillary, outspoken in his views on top-secret measures to counter the threat of Soviet aggression, is partly responsible for tempers fraying. But danger and betrayal stalk closer to home. On a warm autumn night at Longshot Hall, Sir Gifford gets the shock of his life. Horrifically and inexplicably, he witnesses his own murder...Few authors have as wide and loyal a following' - "Daily Mail".

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4.0 out of 5 stars gripping potboiler, 27 Feb 2008

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Dennis Wheatley was a hugely popular writer during his long career from the 1930's to the 70's but is now almost forgotten. For me, though, he wrote effortlessly gripping novels, of which this is a good example. The protagonist is to all intents and purposes dead for most of the novel, but his incorporeal soul, or ka, remains earthbound and gets up to all sorts of mischief in his efforts to alert the living to his predicament. As usual, Wheatley works interesting occult ideas into the story, and the plot is well worked out and fast-paced, though as it was written at the height of the cold war there is an occasionally intrusive propaganda element, various disparaging remarks about left wing politics, and a somewhat idealised depiction of Upper-class English manhood.

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A great book, albeit the style is rather old-fashioned for our time ; nevertheless, it is an excellent tale with a gripping plot. I read this book many years ago, along with all of Wheatley's ( and they are ALL excellent) and I am now happy to say that they are now being re-printed, for another generation of readers.
Wheatley was excellent at potraying the arch villan and the dark side of human nature; anyone who reads this will love it. I highly recommend it.

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