DoP July 2008, NZ 230 x 163mm / 288pp 'The following is a true account of seven years and fifty weeks of my life. The thrifty reader who seeks some greater truth from such an amount should stop here. A visiting Kipling once said our island nation is British fed but will repay its debt in stories. '...Zireaux's rhymes have a twinkling ingenuity not unworthy of Byron, W.S. Gilbert or Cole Porter ... [He] captivates with a singular charm.' - Iain Sharp (Sunday Star Times)