The river of diamonds

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***The wind struck another hammer-blow.** The whaler wheeled away stern-on, and then came up with a sickening thump forward. "One anchor cable gone!" Minnaar shouted above the roar of the wind. "The other..."***---He never finished.** *The whaler sprang free as the second cable parted. She had been secured facing south-west and now she plunged back into the maelstrom. **The water poured ankle deep on the bridge...*** "Killer deserts, grizzled prospectors, mass suicides, savage nomads ... and a vanishing U-boat patrol. I enjoyed it more than any other novel for ages."***--Daily Telegraph*** "Top-class, fascinating, scientifically plausible ... a brilliant example of how to mix the mundane and the fantastic. **" *--Observer***

subjects: Geoffrey Jenkins,  Adult,  Fiction,  Literature,  Novels,  Hardcover,  PB,  Paperback,  Naval,  Adventure,  Boating,  Sails,  MYS,  Mystery,  Suspense,  Thriller,  Diamond,  Mine,  Mines,  Mining,  Prospectors,  Translated,  Fiction, general

People: Finnish

Places: Africa,  South Africa

Times: 1960s