The Party Economics who lies ill in a

who lies ill in a gloomy estate

At twelve years old

where there is glamor in destitution and glimmerings of truth in intellectual one-upmanship

The mīhini mīharo reveals nineteenth-century Aotearoa as never before

The Party Economics who lies ill in aOn a winter Saturday night in post war Bristol, sisters Moira and Evelyn, on the cusp of adulthood, go to an art students' party in a dockside pub; there they meet two men, Paul and Sinden, whose air of worldliness and sophistication both intrigues and repels them. Sinden calls a few days later to invite them over to the grand suburban mansion Paul shares with his brother and sister, and Moira accepts despite Evelyn's misgivings. As the night unfolds