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Ronald Hugh Morrieson

    James Ronald Hugh Morrieson fu un romanziere e scrittore di racconti la cui opera rimase in gran parte sconosciuta nel suo paese natale fino a dopo la sua morte. I suoi romanzi, spesso ambientati nella città in cui trascorse tutta la sua vita, catturano la vita nel vernacolo neozelandese. Gli scritti di Morrieson sono caratterizzati da una profonda introspezione nella psicologia umana, toccando frequentemente temi di isolamento e incomprensione. Il suo tragico destino e i suoi contributi letterari non riconosciuti lo rendono una figura di spicco nella letteratura neozelandese.

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    The Scarecrow
    • The Scarecrow

      • 248pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      The same week our fowls were stolen, Daphne Moran had her throat cut. Fourteen-year-old Neddy Poindexter and his mate Les take swift revenge on the chook-rustling Lynch Gang, but things turn sinister when vulture-like Hubert Salter stalks into Klynham. There’s a sex killer on the loose, and Neddy is in deep fear for the safety of his sister. In this lost masterpiece, first published in 1963, forgotten New Zealand writer Morrieson combines Boys’ Own adventure, psychological thriller, small-town saga and family farce to produce a brilliant, hallucinatory mixture distinctively his own.

      The Scarecrow
    • Youthful Cedric, bored and waiting for something to change his life in the direction of his fantasies and dreams, meets Mervyn and his unusual friend. He is caught up in plots and events that both excite him and alarm him. Harmless pranks become serious crimes and while Cedric battles his conscience he yet yearns to punish some of those around him. This wondrous New Zealand tale delights with the richness of its language and the storytelling skill of the writer, offering a potent mix of psychological insight, tension and comic twist.

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