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Black Rainbow

Black Rainbow

by Albert Wendt

FictionRomanFiction, generalNew Zealand fiction
4.0
Open Library
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About this book

This startling new novel by Albert Wendt takes the form of a fast-moving allegorical thriller. Who are the all-powerful Tribunal and President? Who are the Hunters and the Hunted, and the allies from the depths of the city? Set in a future New Zealand where only the Citizen who asks no questions can achieve happiness, a renegade hero seeks to rescue his family in the State-sponsored Game of Life.

Themes & subjects

FictionRomanFiction, generalNew Zealand fiction

Setting

Islands of the Pacific

About the author

Albert Wendt

1939

Samoan poet and writer

Author

Albert Wendt

Pages

267

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

University of Hawaiʻi Press

ISBN

0824815866

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