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several encounters with the dangerous bandit O Corvo (The Crow). The whereabouts of the missing manager were discovered by astute detective work on the part of Hurree Jamset Ram Singh; and good food being plentiful, Billy Bunter decided that he would prefer to stay indefinitely than return to the doubtful pleasures of
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It was strange that when they reached Brazil Brian
Mauleverer, the cousin of Lord Mauleverer and the plantation manager, had disappeared, leaving only a brief message. However, the boys enjoyed themselves in the care of the assistant manager, the suave but quick-tempered Martinho Funcho, in spite of
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in May 1940 due to wartime paper shortages, author
Charles Hamilton was contractually barred by the publisher, Amalgamated Press, from continuing to write Greyfriars stories. However, in 1946 publisher Charles Skilton negotiated the rights to publish new stories in book form. Hamilton, delighted,
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Skilton, short of capital, asked Hamilton to accept royalties instead. This proved to be greatly in Hamilton's favour: he received £1,000 instead of £90 for the first book.
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A trip to Brazil in the summer holidays to a plantation owned by Lord
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The Far Side of Billy Bunter: The
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