Title: The Crocodile
Description: The book cover

"This is no ordinary crocodile", Hoiri said ...

The 1910s in Papua: foreign planes scorch the tropical vegetation, rain clouds gather above the villages, and Hoiri Sevese knows he must revenge himself on the sorcerers who have caused his wife to be taken by the crocodile.

Hoiri, in confronting the darkness of colonial rule, has to come to terms with the strange and brutalizing ways of the Europeans, but first he must come to terms with himself, and the crocodile ...

The Crocodile is the first published novel by a Papua New Guinean and has already met with wide critical acclaim.

The warmth and imagery of the writing and the insight into cultural and political turmoil through the portrayal of the main character, his journeys, and his fate have established The Crocodile as one of the undisputed classics of post‑colonial literature.