Summary
This rattling good yarn has now been made into a major movie - Hunt For the Wilderpeople, directed and written by Taika Waititi, and starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.
When Social Welfare threatens to put Ricky into care, the overweight Maori boy and cantankerous Uncle Hec flee into the remote and rugged Ureweras. The impassable bush serves up perilous adventures, forcing the pair of misfits to use all their skills to survive hunger, wild pigs and the vagaries of the wea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143573746 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143573748 |
| Author: | Barry Crump |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 29 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 154mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
” Wild Pork and Watercress was a novel that I couldn’t put down … It definitely will not disappoint.” – Waiuku & Districts Post
“Wild Pork and Watercress was a novel that I couldn’t put down … It definitely will not disappoint.” –Waiuku & Districts Post
“A good simple yarn.” –Dominion
“A rattling good yarn … an almost unbelievable tale made believable by its raw earthiness as Crump displays his bush lore.” –Sunday Star
“Nicely crafted.” –NZ Herald
About The Author
Barry Crump
Barry Crump (d. 1996) began writing humorous sketches of life as a government deer-culler and pig hunter, publishing these as A Good Keen Man in 1960. By 1992 his New Zealand book sales were estimated at more than a million copies. As well as a bestselling author, Crump was an actor, television personality, poet, radio commentator, traveller, goldminer, photographer and more. Crump wrote 24 books in his lifetime, was married five times and had six children, all sons.
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