The Swing Around
Written by: Barbara Anderson
Category: Fiction
Genre: General
Book Details:
ISBN 10: 0864734220
ISBN 13: 9780864734228
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Date Published: New Zealand, January 11th, 2001
Language: English
Condition: Very Good
Appearance: Minor foxing on external pages. Overall condition is very good with no significant damage or markings on the cover or internal pages.
Synopsis:
Nominated for the 2003 International IMPAC Literary Prize A sparkling novel from an internationally-celebrated New Zealand writer. New Zealand 20 years ago, just before the conformity of the Muldoon years gives way to the eruptions of the 1980s. The Minister of Cultural Links and Trade, an old-school farmer and RSA stalwart called Hamish Carew, sets off on a 'swing around' of some of New Zealand's Asian friends and neighbours. With him are his wife Molly and two young officials, Freddy Manders and Violet Redpath. It should be a routine affair. But Molly doesn't like shopping; and Freddy is consumed by bitterness at the wife who left him and the superiors who have sidelined his career; and Violet finds herself unexpectedly ready for romance...
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