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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... asks Charlie how he is . She always makes a beeline towards him to deliver herself of this inquiry . Charlie replies he is OK and how is Midge ? Midge replies she is very well thank you and isn't Charlie lovely . Charlie looks at her ...
... asks Charlie how he is . She always makes a beeline towards him to deliver herself of this inquiry . Charlie replies he is OK and how is Midge ? Midge replies she is very well thank you and isn't Charlie lovely . Charlie looks at her ...
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... Ask yourself , says Duncan . The whole thing stinks and who was that Maori kid anyhow ? I said Joe , and he danced ... asks Tam if this gentleman is his father and he says yes and she says I'm Isabel Clements . Tam says we know that ...
... Ask yourself , says Duncan . The whole thing stinks and who was that Maori kid anyhow ? I said Joe , and he danced ... asks Tam if this gentleman is his father and he says yes and she says I'm Isabel Clements . Tam says we know that ...
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... asks Bella innocently . ' Just this once . ' He opens his eyes as I tuck him into bed . ' Will there be stars ... Ask Dad on Friday , ' I say , kissing his proffered cheek . If Derek were here he would wait till it was 134.
... asks Bella innocently . ' Just this once . ' He opens his eyes as I tuck him into bed . ' Will there be stars ... Ask Dad on Friday , ' I say , kissing his proffered cheek . If Derek were here he would wait till it was 134.
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