Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Talking about O'Dwyer /

Stead, C. K. 1932-

Talking about O'Dwyer / C.K. Stead. - Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 1999. - 219 pages ; 22 cm

A novel.

What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2000 Fiction Runner-up.

ISBN: 0140288392 9780140288391

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA027825 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blessing and cursing--Fiction.
Friendly fire (Military science)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Maori--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns --Greece --Crete --Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
New Zealand fiction--20th century.
New Zealand fiction--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PR9639.3.S7 / T3 1999

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2

Print
Add to your cart (remove)
Save record
BIBTEX Dublin Core MARCXML MARC (non-Unicode/MARC-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8) MARC (Unicode/UTF-8, Standard) MODS (XML) RIS
More searches

Search for this title in:
Other Libraries (WorldCat) Other Databases (Google Scholar) Online Stores (Bookfinder.com)