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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... shouting . ' Can I have a go , Joe ? Hey Joe , can I have a go , ' and Joe grins and makes faces at us like the ... shouts louder than ever and points at the two of us sitting there in our sissy striped togs . ' It's my waka . I'll ...
... shouting . ' Can I have a go , Joe ? Hey Joe , can I have a go , ' and Joe grins and makes faces at us like the ... shouts louder than ever and points at the two of us sitting there in our sissy striped togs . ' It's my waka . I'll ...
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... shouts . ' Shove off . ' Rubbery lips curl , one or two turn their heads , streams of spit swing in the air . One , less resolute than the rest , swings around and lumbers off , its hindquarters loose limbed as a cowboy's . ' Get ...
... shouts . ' Shove off . ' Rubbery lips curl , one or two turn their heads , streams of spit swing in the air . One , less resolute than the rest , swings around and lumbers off , its hindquarters loose limbed as a cowboy's . ' Get ...
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... shouts . ' Look ! ' And there , floating away up the river almost beyond the Bully Pond already , is Mr Clements ' white cowboy hat which no one has noticed before but now they do . ' Better get it , eh , ' yells Charlie . Dad puts his ...
... shouts . ' Look ! ' And there , floating away up the river almost beyond the Bully Pond already , is Mr Clements ' white cowboy hat which no one has noticed before but now they do . ' Better get it , eh , ' yells Charlie . Dad puts his ...
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Annie asks bareback beach Bella Bob Jackson Bully Pond calls Charlie's child Clements says Colonel Holdaway comes couch grass course darling door Dr Appleby eyes face feet film girl Girlingstone gives grins hair hand hangi happy Hare Harry head Henare horse Indians Isabel James Clements James's Jean Jeannie jump kids kitchen Laing Laing's Point laughs leap legs looks Lorna Maori Miri Miriama mother never nods pakeha pikelets Pontiac race remember ride river Rongomaha Ropata rouseabout sand says Angus says Bel says Charlie says Derek says Duncan says James says Mrs Clements says Mum Seven Little Australians shakes shouts ski pole smiles smoko stands stare stick stop swim swings talking Tamati tell thank there's things thought tide told tomorrow track truck verandah watch waves What's woman wonder yells