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Fallout Paul Thomas Upstart Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927262016 Where the Dead Men Go Liam McIlvanney Faber & Faber, $25.00, ISBN 9780571239863 New Zealand crime fiction is going from strength to strength, with great work being published by old favourites as…
Death on Demand Paul Thomas Hodder Moa, $36.99, ISBN 9781869712334 Traces of Red Paddy Richardson Penguin, $30.00, ISBN 9780143565765 Bound Vanda Symon Penguin, $30.00, ISBN 9780143565277 Ihaka is back – and about time, too. It’s around 15…
Down Boy Joe Bennett Hazard Press, $20.00, ISBN 1877393258 Hillsides: The Best of David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $25.00, ISBN 0958262608 The American sportswriter Red Smith, who produced a daily column for 22 consecutive years, reckoned being a columnist was easy:…
Degrees of Separation Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143020579 Relative Strangers Emma Neale Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417828 Work in Progress Paul Thomas Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869418255 Shanghai Boy Stevan Eldred-Grigg Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417933 If I didn’t know…
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John Wright’s Indian Summers John Wright with Sharda Ugra and Paul Thomas Hodder Moa Beckett, $49.99, ISBN 9781869710620 In a sport largely populated by talented solipsists, former New Zealand captain John Wright has always stood out within cricket for his…
Inside Anton Oliver with Brian Turner Hodder Moa, $49.99, ISBN 1869589912 The Winter Game: Rediscovering the Passion of Rugby Todd R Nicholls Mainstream Publishing, $49.95, ISBN 1840189150 The New Zealand book trade has long had a vested interest in demythologising…
The Temptations of Frederick Weld Michael Wall Black Swan, $26.95, ISBN 1869415930 Devil’s Apple Simon Snow Black Swan, $26.95, ISBN 1869415477 The Monstrance David McGill Silver Owl Press, $24.95, ISBN 095824510X Chicane Colin D Peel HarperCollins, $21.99, ISBN 1869504887 Alternative…
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Ken Mitchell,
Michael Wall,
Paul Thomas,
Silver Owl Press,
Simon Snow,
Summer 2003
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Century in Black: 100 Years of All Black Test Rugby Ron Palenski Hodder Moa Beckett, $69.99, ISBN 1869589378 Heritage: Golden Years of All Black Rugby Paul Verdon Hill-Verdon Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0958238707 All Black Magic; 100 years of New Zealand…
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Lindsay Knight,
Paul Thomas,
Paul Verdon,
Penguin Books,
Ron Palenski,
Winter 2003
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The Empty Bed Paul Thomas HarperCollins, $31.95, ISBN 0732271703 Killings and jokes are what readers expect from Paul Thomas, after his three wonderful thrillers Old School Tie (also known as Dirty Laundry), Inside Dope and Guerilla Season. There is a…
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HarperCollins,
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Issue 57,
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Tom Lewis
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Change of Hart Paul Thomas Hodder Moa Beckett, $44.95 ISBN 1 86958 571 2 John Hart’s second book in four years, Change of Hart, had a hard act to follow. His first book, Straight from the Hart, written when he…