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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... Give me the Duke's button . ' ' No. ' ' Duncan , I will not tolerate such ... ' Mum snaps open her handbag and gives me a florin . ' Oh for heaven's sake . Go and get some more silly flags . ' ' I don't want the button anyway , ' I say ...
... Give me the Duke's button . ' ' No. ' ' Duncan , I will not tolerate such ... ' Mum snaps open her handbag and gives me a florin . ' Oh for heaven's sake . Go and get some more silly flags . ' ' I don't want the button anyway , ' I say ...
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... gives a sort of laugh and says , ' Not now darling , ' then asks Angus if he'd like to stay for a meal . He says he would like to very much but how can he let Midge know ? " The Store has a telephone . You'll take a message , won't you ...
... gives a sort of laugh and says , ' Not now darling , ' then asks Angus if he'd like to stay for a meal . He says he would like to very much but how can he let Midge know ? " The Store has a telephone . You'll take a message , won't you ...
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... Give me his ski pole , ' says Bel . ' Why ? ' ' Just give it , ' she says , and Tam unstraps it from Charlie and gives it to her , and we set off down the main track . No one says anything . No one looks at anyone except Bel and Tam at ...
... Give me his ski pole , ' says Bel . ' Why ? ' ' Just give it , ' she says , and Tam unstraps it from Charlie and gives it to her , and we set off down the main track . No one says anything . No one looks at anyone except Bel and Tam at ...
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