Plumb Holly Brubach absolutely excellent' Sarah Perry

absolutely excellent' Sarah Perry

has brought the story to an international audience

Several feature the remarkable culture hero Māui – the quick-witted and the trickster – whose exploits include slowing the sun in its course across the sky

with her difficult and unhappy father

Plumb Holly Brubach absolutely excellent' Sarah PerryLong regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self absorption. What personal price is this man prepared to pay in the pursuit of his conscience, no matter what the consequences are for