The Scornful Moon - Softcover
Former right-wing cabinet minister James Tinley decides to run for office again, and is assured of the National Candidacy when his opponent shoots young and brilliant Owen Moody. The trial causes a political sensation and exposes the cracks in the facade of Tinley's political circle.
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Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's best-known writers. He has won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Britain and numerous awards and prizes in New Zealand. He is the author of both adult and children's novels, including the award-winning trilogy Plumb.
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- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0143018752
- ISBN 13 9780143018759
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- Number of pages223
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 224 pages. Writing on ffep.Former right-wing cabinet minister James Tinley decides to run for office again, and is assured of the National Candidacy when his opponent shoots young and brillia nt Owen Moody. The trial causes a political sensation and exposes the cracks in the facade of Tinley's political circle. Seller Inventory # 636l
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. 230 pages. minor wear, tanned pages, sticker on frontTHE SCORNFUL MOON: A Moralist's Taleby Maurice GeePenguin, NZ, 2003ISBN 9780143018759trade pb , 230ppFAIR: minor wear, tanned pages, sticker on fro ntWellington, 1935: Former right-wing cabinet ministe r James Tinley decides to run for office again, and is assured of the National Candidacy when his opponent shoots young and brilli ant Owen Moody. The trial causes a political sensation and expose s the cracks in the facade of Tinley's political circle. Seller Inventory # 1106ai
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Bookplate inside cover. Shortlisted for the 2004 NZ Montana Book Awards, Fiction section. Wellington, 1935. James Tinling, a former Cabinet Minister, plans a political comeback, although a brash newcomer stands in his way. James has methods of dealing with upstarts, but is handicapped by secrets in his life. Eric Clifton, world-renowned moon scientist, has secrets too. He lives hot-bloodedly and is at war with patrician James.Sam Holloway, literary man and moralist, records their year - its sexual intrigues and sudden violence and its overturning of political norms. What role does the young poet Owen Moody play, and brothel madam Lily Maxey? There's James's daughter Charlotte too, desperately painting in a garden shed; and Sam with his dozen friends at work on a composite detective novel.Election day. Labour wins, crushing James's party. His secrets are shockingly revealed. Seller Inventory # 10161548
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