Maurice Shadbolt — One of Ben's: A Tribe Transported
Bloomsbury 1993 Hardback, 313pp. Lively, often funny, sometimes poignant, this is the story of one of New Zealand's most distinguished storytellers. Old Ben Shadbolt fathered fifteen children (the Shadbolts have a propensity for copious breeding). After a lively but somewhat luckless career as a journalist, the author's own travels in China and the Soviet states during the Cold War make eye-opening reading. DJ. Very light staining on dust jacket. Pages just beginning to tan. (ISBN: 9780747516156). Very Good.