Return To Harikoa Bay

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ISBN: 9780143776536
Title: Return To Harikoa Bay
Author: MARSHALL OWEN

New work from the master of the short story.

‘Whenever I think of coming to punish my father, it’s always in a strong wind, and that’s blowing now as I drive up the long, unsealed track to the house and sheds.’

So begins one of Owen Marshall’s superbly subversive stories. He offers up a wide range of subjects, from untimely deaths to unusual discoveries made about friends or neighbours, from burnishing an overseas trip to a tale about saving a business venture-

‘Just in time,’ said Paddy. ‘I thought I was going to have to resort to giving blow jobs in the office.’ It wasn’t quite as Jane A would have expressed relief, perhaps, but sincere in its own way . . .

With over ten years since his last collection of new stories, Marshall explores his fellow New Zealanders, bringing his wisdom and wry eye to his vivid, insightful scenes-

‘Places bring back people, people bring back places, and both conjure the cinema of your past.’

Format: Trade Paper
Publication date: 02/08/2022
Pages: 304
Available stock: 3