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Going west

Going west

by Maurice Gee

FictionEnglish fictionPoetsNew Zealand literatureMen
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"For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley--eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider--takes that prize. Is he also a murderer? And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives"--Page 4 of cover.

Themes & subjects

FictionEnglish fictionPoetsNew Zealand literatureMenNew Zealand fiction

Setting

New Zealand

Author

Maurice Gee

Pages

279

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Faber and Faber

ISBN

0571168329

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