In My Father's Den (New Zealand Classics) - Softcover

Gee, Maurice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195581113 ISBN 13: 9780195581119

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

When Celia Invararity is found brutally murdered in a secluded park, Paul Prior, her English teacher and mentor, is suspected of being her killer. More than a murder mystery In My Father's Den, the third novel by one of New Zealand's foremost novelists, delineates the public and hidden face of
New Zealand puritanism.

About this title

About the Author:

Maurice Gee's fifth novel Plumb, has met with acclaim both in New Zealand and abroad, and won the James Tait Black Prize and the Buckland Literary Award in 1978 and the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1979.

From AudioFile:

Listeners must tune their ears to the thick New Zealand accent narrator Humphrey Bower brings to this story of a schoolmaster implicated in the brutal murder of his prize student. It is, however, wholly worth the effort. Bower is a magnificent storyteller--a voice that immediately draws in the listener and holds attention. Maurice Gee, an acclaimed New Zealand author, explores themes of puritanism and repression and the loss of rural life through flashbacks to the childhood of two brothers. Bower captures the rivalry among the family and friends, and the deep-rooted psychological tangles. The excellence of the reading combined with the exotic locale, unfamiliar words, and the intriguing accents makes this a challenging but satisfying listening experience. R.F.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0195581113
• ISBN 13: 9780195581119
• Binding: Paperback