Forests of the Night (Cleary novel)
# Forests of the Night (Cleary novel)

Forests of the Night is a 1963 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It is about a British plastic surgeon who visits his father in Burma and gets involved with a Catholic missionary, a killer tiger and a local rebel leader.

Cleary visited Burma as part of his research.

At one stage there were plans to make a film version with Dirk Bogarde but this did not eventuate.

