Language English Originally published 1963 Country Australia | Publication date 1963 | |
Publisher Collins (UK)
William Morrow (US) Similar Jon Cleary books, Other books | ||
Forests of the Night is a 1963 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It is about a British plastic surgeon who visits his father in Burma and gets involved with a Catholic missionary, a killer tiger and a local rebel leader.
Cleary visited Burma as part of his research.
At one stage there were plans to make a film version with Dirk Bogarde but this did not eventuate.
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