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Drongo
A Kiwi Road Novel
Brief Description
18-year-old Andy Ingle, with his yellow typewriter called Half-Arse under his arm, embarks on one of the great Kiwi road trips, hitchhiking from Palmerston North to Dunedin, over to the West Coast and back up to Auckland. On the way, he falls in with drug dealers,...
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Drongo
18 yr old Andy Ingle, with his yellow typewriter called Half-Arse under his arm, embarks on one of the great Kiwi road trips, from Palmerston to Dunedin and back to Auckland. On the way falling in with drug dealers, a washed-out Professor, and a rag-tag collection of some of the most eccentric and entertaining characters to appear in Kiwi fiction.
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Description
18-year-old Andy Ingle, with his yellow typewriter called Half-Arse under his arm, embarks on one of the great Kiwi road trips, hitchhiking from Palmerston North to Dunedin, over to the West Coast and back up to Auckland. On the way, he falls in with drug dealers, a washed-out Professor of Literature, members of the Miss NZ Pageant, and a rag-tag collection of some of the most eccentric and entertaining characters to appear in Kiwi fiction.
"This generous and absorbing book brings an unforgettable character to our literature." - Chris Bourke
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780994137647
Publisher: Atuanui Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 October 2019
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Atuanui Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 408
About the Author
Ian Richards' first book Everyday Life in Paradise was a finalist in the 1991 Heinemann Reed Award for best book of fiction. His biography To Bed at Noon: The Life and Art of Maurice Duggan (Auckland University Press, 1997) was nominated for the Montana Best Book Award. Richards' stories have been broadcast on Radio New Zealand and appeared in numerous magazines including Landfall, the NZ Listener and North and South.
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