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Live bodies / Maurice Gee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 1998.Description: 264 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0140273808
  • 9780140273809
  • 0140280294
  • 9780140280296
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Live bodies.DDC classification:
  • NZ823.2 21
LOC classification:
  • PR9639.3.G4 L58 1998
Awards:
  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 1998: Deutz Medal for Fiction.
  • Montana Deutz Medal for Fiction 1998 Winner.
Summary: As a young man in the 1930s, Josef Mandl battles the Nazis on the streets of Vienna. Fleeing to New Zealand, he is interned as a dangerouos alien on Somes Island in Wellington harbour. After the war he becomes a successful businessman, a family patriarch. Now, in old age, he looks back, retracing his life.
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Fiction - New Zealand Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Fiction GEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Long Term Storage A00217378

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As a young man in the 1930s, Josef Mandl battles the Nazis on the streets of Vienna. Fleeing to New Zealand, he is interned as a dangerouos alien on Somes Island in Wellington harbour. After the war he becomes a successful businessman, a family patriarch. Now, in old age, he looks back, retracing his life.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 1998: Deutz Medal for Fiction.

Montana Deutz Medal for Fiction 1998 Winner.

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