Wilbur Addison Smith (January 9, 1933) is a very prolific and very rich, British, novelist. His parents were colonials in Africa and today he has homes in both Cape Town and London. But it is Africa, the continent, which formed his imagination. These titles support my description starting with his first published novel
When the Lion Feeds (1964)
The Last Lion (1971)
The Eye of the Tiger, (1975)
The Last Lion (1971)
The Eye of the Tiger, (1975)
Golden lion, (2015).
There is an bibliography for this author on Wikipedia. (Which does not mean at all that my remark on citing this source --it means your ignorance is abyssal, is in abeyance)
Here is part of an interview with Smith:
There is an bibliography for this author on Wikipedia. (Which does not mean at all that my remark on citing this source --it means your ignorance is abyssal, is in abeyance)
Here is part of an interview with Smith:
'I wait for stories to come. It’s like hunting at a waterhole. You sit there and wait and wait for the game to appear.
'....I have had four wives. One of them hates me, one of them loves me. Two of them have died. My third wife had an illness for six years – you learn that death is something you have to face, that it could happen any time.Every day you are at risk.
'The only thing I did well at school was write. I was editor of the school newspaper. Words have always been my joy and pleasure. They are the only constant in this life.
'My mother read all my books. My father never read one, but he used to carry a couple in the back of his car to show to his mates.
....
'Never make notes. If something is worth remembering you’ll remember it.
'I have the power of life and death over my characters. I take pleasure in getting rid of the bad guys in the most brutal way I can, while my heroes have the right attitude and get things done.
'I am British. My father was a colonialist and I followed what he said until I was in my 20s and learned to think for myself. I didn’t want to perpetuate injustices so I left Rhodesia in the time of Ian Smith.
'Death stays with you. When I was in the Rhodesian police force – the national service – I would get called out and have to get bodies of children from pit lavatories after they had been killed with pangas [machetes].
....
'I don’t hunt any more, mostly because I discovered buffalo run faster than I do. I hunted because it was the right thing to do. Game was a very valuable asset to local people, and for that reason there is still game in those regions.
'Poor Cecil the lion was 18 years old, losing his teeth and going downhill fast. The American dentist probably did his offspring and his pride a favour....'
'....I have had four wives. One of them hates me, one of them loves me. Two of them have died. My third wife had an illness for six years – you learn that death is something you have to face, that it could happen any time.Every day you are at risk.
'The only thing I did well at school was write. I was editor of the school newspaper. Words have always been my joy and pleasure. They are the only constant in this life.
'My mother read all my books. My father never read one, but he used to carry a couple in the back of his car to show to his mates.
....
'Never make notes. If something is worth remembering you’ll remember it.
'I have the power of life and death over my characters. I take pleasure in getting rid of the bad guys in the most brutal way I can, while my heroes have the right attitude and get things done.
'I am British. My father was a colonialist and I followed what he said until I was in my 20s and learned to think for myself. I didn’t want to perpetuate injustices so I left Rhodesia in the time of Ian Smith.
'Death stays with you. When I was in the Rhodesian police force – the national service – I would get called out and have to get bodies of children from pit lavatories after they had been killed with pangas [machetes].
....
'I don’t hunt any more, mostly because I discovered buffalo run faster than I do. I hunted because it was the right thing to do. Game was a very valuable asset to local people, and for that reason there is still game in those regions.
'Poor Cecil the lion was 18 years old, losing his teeth and going downhill fast. The American dentist probably did his offspring and his pride a favour....'
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