Summary
Wellington, 1935. James Tinling, a former cabinet minister, plans a political comeback, although a brash newcomer stands in his way. James has methods of dealing with people who stand up to him, but is held back by the secrets in his life. Eric Clifton, world-renowned moon scientist, has secrets too. He lives hot-bloodedly and is at war with patrician James. Sam Holloway, literary man and moralist, records their year with its sexual intrigues, sudden violence and the overturning of the politi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143019909 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143019902 |
| Author: | Maurice Gee |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee has long been considered one of New Zealand’s finest writers. He has written more than thirty books for adults and young adults and has won numerous literary awards, including the UK’s James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the Wattie Award, the Deutz Medal for Fiction, the New Zealand Fiction Award and the New Zealand Children’s Book of the Year Award. In 2003 he received an inaugural New Zealand Icon Award and in 2004 he received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. Maurice Gee’s novels include The Plumb Trilogy, Going West, Prowlers, Live Bodies and The Scornful Moon. He has also written a number of much-loved children’s novels, including Under the Mountain, The O Trilogy and The Salt Trilogy. Maurice lives in Nelson, in New Zealand’s South Island, with his wife Margareta, and has two daughters and a son.
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