Published by Vintage, 2005
ISBN 10: 1869417577 ISBN 13: 9781869417574
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 317 pages. Whim Wham was the pen-name of the major New Zealand poet Allen Curnow. His highly entertaining verses, commencing in the Christchurch Press in 1937 and in the New Zealand Herald from 1951, voiced the awkward questions so many New Zealanders wanted to ask. Whim Wham became a Saturday institution and required reading .
Published by Vintage New Zealand, 2005
ISBN 10: 1869417577 ISBN 13: 9781869417574
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 224 pages. Whim Wham was the pen-name of the major New Zealand poet Allen Curnow. His highly entertaining verses, commencing in the Christchurch Press in 1937 and in the New Zealand Herald from 1951, voiced the awkward questions so many New Zealanders wanted to ask. Whim Wham became a Saturday institution and required reading .
Published by Random House, 2005
ISBN 10: 1869417577 ISBN 13: 9781869417574
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
Paperback. Whim Wham was the pen-name of the major New Zealand poet Allen Curnow. His highly entertaining verses, commencing in the Christchurch Press in 1937 and in the New Zealand Herald from 1951, voiced the awkward questions so many New Zealanders wanted to ask. Whim Wham became a Saturday institution and required reading for generations of New Zealanders. His astute observations and wry take on New Zealand events offer invaluable insights for readers today. He captured New Zealanders' reactions to world affairs from Franco and Hitler to Vietnam and South Africa, as well as covering the local political scene from Walter Nash to the eras of Robert Muldoon and David Lange. With humorous renderings of our rugby obsession and ruminations on the state of the nation's teeth, Professor Terry Sturm's selection of the best 200 verses offers a wonderfully unique record of over fifty years of this country's recent past. First published 2005. Inscription on half title.
Published by Vintage, Auckland, 2005
ISBN 10: 1869417577 ISBN 13: 9781869417574
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Card covers. A name in front, tidy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Vintage, 2005
ISBN 10: 1869417577 ISBN 13: 9781869417574
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
Paperback.