McCoy, Andrew
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of South African-born author André Jute McCoy (1945- ), in Australia from the 1960s, who has concentrated as McCoy on violent tales of conflict in the continent of his birth, most of them verging into the Near Future. These include Atrocity Week (1978), The Insurrectionist (1979), which describes a future rising of Blacks against the South African government, African Revenge (1980), Blood Ivory (1983), in which the last surviving elephants are slaughtered, Cain's Courage (1985), Survivors and Winners (1986), The Meyeresco Helix (1988) and Roots of Violence (1991). As André Jute he has published tales of a similar nature though less aggressively told: Reverse Negative: A Novel of Suspense (1979), Festival (1982), Sinkhole (1982) and Iditarod (1990). [JC]
André Jute McCoy
born Oudtshoorn, South Africa: 1945
works
works as Andrew McCoy
- Atrocity Week (London: Sphere Books, 1978) [pb/]
- The Insurrectionist (London: Secker and Warburg, 1979) [hb/]
- African Revenge (London: Secker and Warburg, 1980) [hb/]
- Blood Ivory (London: Secker and Warburg, 1983) [hb/]
- Cain's Courage (London: Grafton, 1985) [hb/]
- Survivors and Winners (London: Grafton, 1986) [pb/]
- The Meyeresco Helix (London: Grafton, 1988) [pb/]
- Roots of Violence (London: Grafton, 1991) [pb/]
works as André Jute (selected)
- Reverse Negative: A Novel of Suspense (Melbourne, Victoria: Hyland House, 1979) [hb/]
- Festival (Melbourne, Victoria: Hyland House, 1982) [hb/]
- Sinkhole: A Tragedy of the Machine Age (London: Secker and Warburg, 1982) [hb/]
- Iditarod (London: Grafton, 1990) [pb/]
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