Long Hot SummerIt is 1936. As they have done every summer, the Hopkins family - Anne, 8, Duncan, 12, Charlie, 5, and their parents, Derek and Lorna - have rented a house at the Beach. Alone during the week, Lorna is bored. When James Clements, the most handsome man in the Bay, decides to make an amateur cowboy film called 'Lust in the Dust', Lorna plays the whore with the heart of gold. James' sister Isabel is the cameraman, and the local Maoris are enrolled as Indians. The film's title proves disturbingly prophetic. Unaccustomed proximity leads to unaccustomed liaisons, allegiances are questioned and the old certainties suddenly melt away. It is the perfect story to display Barbara Anderson's extraordinary gifts. |
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... Angus from Shropshire . Angus Rowan is an attractive - looking man of average height , fairish but not blond , he stands ramrod straight and looks us in the eyes . We look back at his sharp blue ones , his confident stance , his fair ...
... Angus from Shropshire . Angus Rowan is an attractive - looking man of average height , fairish but not blond , he stands ramrod straight and looks us in the eyes . We look back at his sharp blue ones , his confident stance , his fair ...
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... Angus's pants . ' What else ? ' ' Pretty flash aren't they ? Get dusty . ' ' Yes , ' laughs Angus . ' I notice you don't " What's " grmm " ? ' says Charlie . overgroom your horses . ' ' Maybe the Indians didn't either , ' says Tam ...
... Angus's pants . ' What else ? ' ' Pretty flash aren't they ? Get dusty . ' ' Yes , ' laughs Angus . ' I notice you don't " What's " grmm " ? ' says Charlie . overgroom your horses . ' ' Maybe the Indians didn't either , ' says Tam ...
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... Angus hops about in his trim boots . ' Where's Bella ? ' ' Panning at the hangi . ' Angus laughs at such wit . He is a kind man , and unlike me , who keeps my distance from the vast teeth and skittish hooves of unknown horses , is ...
... Angus hops about in his trim boots . ' Where's Bella ? ' ' Panning at the hangi . ' Angus laughs at such wit . He is a kind man , and unlike me , who keeps my distance from the vast teeth and skittish hooves of unknown horses , is ...
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