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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Barbara Anderson. really . Something about Winifred the Wonder of the West and how people say she had a hairy chest . And James has written the story himself ? She shakes her head in wonder . Isabel tells us that yes , James has asked ...
Barbara Anderson. really . Something about Winifred the Wonder of the West and how people say she had a hairy chest . And James has written the story himself ? She shakes her head in wonder . Isabel tells us that yes , James has asked ...
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... wonder , and he said , “ Are you the Boss of the Earthquake ? ” ' Underwood said , " Yes , he is , " and the man said , " Well , the Ahuriri cliff's fallen on my false teeth and what're you going to do about it ? " I'd been squatting ...
... wonder , and he said , “ Are you the Boss of the Earthquake ? ” ' Underwood said , " Yes , he is , " and the man said , " Well , the Ahuriri cliff's fallen on my false teeth and what're you going to do about it ? " I'd been squatting ...
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... wonder . ' I turn to him , anxious for assent and enthusiasm , to find his face is not happy . Anything but . He strokes the crease of his trousers . His voice is precise , matter of fact . ' No wonder I'm boring . ' ' Oh , don't be ...
... wonder . ' I turn to him , anxious for assent and enthusiasm , to find his face is not happy . Anything but . He strokes the crease of his trousers . His voice is precise , matter of fact . ' No wonder I'm boring . ' ' Oh , don't be ...
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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