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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Come on , men , ” he yells , leaping out of the trench , shooting Ratter tat tat , ratter tat tat , BOOM . ' Charlie gets so excited he muddles it up with Crime Does Not Pay and the G - Men , and yells , “ They got me , Chief , ' and ...
Come on , men , ” he yells , leaping out of the trench , shooting Ratter tat tat , ratter tat tat , BOOM . ' Charlie gets so excited he muddles it up with Crime Does Not Pay and the G - Men , and yells , “ They got me , Chief , ' and ...
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Stop , ' yells Bel , but I don't and never will , and then there's Duncan catching up . ' Hang on , ' he yells , but I go faster and faster to see Mum I and Dad , though Dad won't be there yet . And now Duncan changes his tune .
Stop , ' yells Bel , but I don't and never will , and then there's Duncan catching up . ' Hang on , ' he yells , but I go faster and faster to see Mum I and Dad , though Dad won't be there yet . And now Duncan changes his tune .
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Better get it , eh , ' yells Charlie . Dad puts his hand on his shoulder and squeezes . ' Leave it , lad . Leave it , ' he says and how could Charlie get it anyway . ' My hat ! shouts Mr Clements , still wrapped up .
Better get it , eh , ' yells Charlie . Dad puts his hand on his shoulder and squeezes . ' Leave it , lad . Leave it , ' he says and how could Charlie get it anyway . ' My hat ! shouts Mr Clements , still wrapped up .
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| Title | Long Hot Summer |
| Author | Barbara Anderson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0224060651, 9780224060653 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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