![]() ![]() A title in the Caribbean Modern Classics series. 'My Bones and My Flute' is the story of the Nevinson Family and Milton Woodsley, who are determined to solve the mistery of Jan Pieter Voorman. Why Well, he wrote all kinds of books, including this ghost story. Told in Woodsley s skeptical, self-mocking and good humoured voice, Mittelholzer creates a brilliantly atmospheric setting for his characters and their terrified discovery that this is not a place where they can be at home. 'My Bones and My Flute' is another proof that Edgar Mittelholzer was a versatile writer. But when the Nevinsons mention a flute player that no one else can hear, Woodsley begins to glean that there is more to their stay. ![]() Milton, an artist, thinks he has been invited to do some paintings for Nevinson, a rich businessman. Only when he is on board the steamer halfway to their remote destination up river in Guyana does Milton Woodsley realize that there is more to Henry Nevinson s invitation to spend time with his family in their jungle cottage. ![]() Tiny knocks to front corners but hardly noticeable. Originally published in 1955 by Secker and Warburg. ![]()
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