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…
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 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…
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…