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Good sex and elegant science, Peter Hawes
Kokopu Dreams Chris Baker Huia, $24.95, ISBN 1877266310 First Hunter: Spirit Shinto Dale Elvy HarperCollins, $19.95, ISBN 1869503899 The Army of Five Men, Volume One Shaun Hick HarperCollins, $19.95, ISBN 1869503848 Counterpart Mike Johnson HarperCollins, $19.95, ISBN 1869503856 Hollywood once…
The one that got away, Russell Haley
Royce, Royce, the People’s Choice Peter Hawes Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869414985 Peter Hawes’s new novel is a big, jocular and elaborate fishing yarn. The tale-telling is strenuously masculine, prodding, very physical. As you read, you feel as though you’re…
Tagged with: Issue 56, Peter Hawes, Random House, Russell Haley, Summer 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The virtues of style, Peter Hawes
Losing Alice Noel Virtue Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 370 9 I saw a TV interview with Noel Virtue while writing this review. Fortunately he got everything right. He spoke about personal redemption in his work, and how it comes…
Great expectations, John McCrystal
The Dream of Nikau Jam Peter Hawes Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 421 7 The Craymore Affair Kevin Ireland Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 426 8 One of the great fears among actors is being typecast, bound up in the…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Issue 45, John McCrystal, Kevin Ireland, Peter Hawes, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Never trust the narrator, Nicholas Reid
Playing Waterloo Peter Hawes Vintage New Zealand $24.95 ISBN 1 86941 323 7 The Whistler Stephanie Johnson Vintage New Zealand $29.95 ISBN 1 86941 346 6 What a beguiling thing alternative history is. In my teenage and post-teenage years, I…
Tagged with: Issue 35, Nicholas Reid, Peter Hawes, Stephanie Johnson, Vintage New Zealand
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Scabrous and spot on, Vincent O’Sullivan
Leapfrog with Unicorns Peter Hawes Vintage, $25.95 ISBN 186941 2842 Harvey had heard of New Zealand. “Noo Zeelan’?” he exclaimed. “You come all the way over here to talk about Noo Zealand? – Noo Zealand ain’t banana and it ain’t…
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