Living in the Maniototo (1979) – Janet FRAME
This is the last of the novels I bought in New Zealand at the beginning of the year, and the woman at the second-hand bookstore said I chose well. Janet […]
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Chinaman (2011) – Shehan KARUNATILAKA
Chinaman, or The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, won the revamped Commonwealth Writers’ Prize this year. It had been on my radar for a while, thanks mainly to Mark’s review, and […]
Wulf (2011) – Hamish CLAYTON
I picked this up earlier in the year while I was in New Zealand in a rather excellent independent bookshop called Unity Books. I was looking for some new New […]
The Uncle’s Story (2000) – Witi IHIMAERA
Like the good person I am, on my recent jaunt over the ditch (to New Zealand, for those playing overseas), I sought out some good bookshops. Partially because I’m a […]
