$13.99
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
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 weather. Worse still are the authorities, determined to bring Ricky and Uncle Hec to justice. But despite the difficulties of life on the run, a bond of trust and love blossoms between the world-weary man and his withdrawn side-kick.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776950720 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776950720 |
| Author: | Barry Crump |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 139g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 113mm x 180mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Barry Crump
Barry Crump, who died in 1996, began his writing career with humorous sketches of his life as a government deer-culler and pig hunter. These were published as A Good Keen Man in 1960. By 1992, his New Zealand book sales were estimated at over a million copies.
In addition to being a bestselling author, Crump was also an actor, television personality, poet, radio commentator, traveller, and goldminer, among other pursuits. He wrote 24 books during his lifetime, was married five times, and had six sons.
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