Kundu (West novel)
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| Author | Morris West |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Dell |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Preceded by | Gallows on the Sand |
| Followed by | The Big Story |
Kundu is a 1956 Australian novel by Morris West. It was one of West's first novels - the second published under his own name - and was reportedly written in only three weeks.[1] A 1993 review of West's career said the novel was a "potboiler" redeemed by his descriptions of New Guinea.[2]
It was reprinted paperback in 1978.[3]
A story of people living in a village in the New Guinea highlands. They include the mysterious doctor Kurt Sonderfield, a former Nazi; a native girl N'Daria; a sorcerer called Kumo, an old French missionary Pere Louis; Sonderfield's wife Gerda; a coffee company agent, Theodore Nelson; Lee Curtis, the patrol officer; Oliver, the Assistant District Officer; and an anthropologist, Nelson.
