Author(s): Alan Duff

NZ Fiction

Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies. In this, Alan Duff's second powerful novel, the author confirms his skills as a gripping story-teller and a masterful creator of characters and situations.