7 Books by Maurice Gee
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Overview: One of New Zealand’s most distinguished novelists, born in Whakatane, passed much of his childhood in the country town of Henderson (now contained by Auckland’s urban sprawl), and this background plays a major role in his fiction. Again and again his plots are set in Henderson, usually under another name, or other small towns. Even in the most recent, where Wellington and Auckland play a major part, it is their subdivisions — Wadestown, Karori or present-day Henderson —which dominate.
He completed BA and MA degrees at the University of Auckland, which subsequently recognised him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998, and an honorary Doctor of Literature in 2004. He is currently married and has three children, one of whom is also a writer, Emily Gee. He is an Honorary Associate of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Thriller | New Zealand
Going West: For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley – eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider – takes that prize. Is he also a murderer? And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives. Going West has long been regarded as one of the most autobiographical of Maurice Gee’s novels.
Crime Story: Worlds separate Brent Rosser from Ulla Peet, but a burglary gone wrong brings them into a confrontation that will change their lives – and end one of them, or perhaps both. There are many crimes in this chilling novel – brutal murder, corporate fraud, domestic violence and spiritual bankruptcy. Through the chance meetings of the Peet and Rosser families, Crime Story asks questions about the victims and perpetrators of crime, and about the price of greed and personal isolation. It is a haunting portrayal of human frailty but also of human courage. Parr’s adaptation is an intelligent and respectful adaptation of Gee’s novel. His script makes Leeanne Rosser (Brent s sister) the pivot of the story.
Loving Ways: May, David and Alan Macpherson have the same father but different mothers, and their paths in life have been enormously different. The three have come together after thirty-five years at the Nelson orchard of their dying father, Robert Macpherson. The old tugmaster, domineering and earthy still, is being nursed by May’s daughter, Heather, who also runs the orchard. A strange love exists between her and the old man. As summer runs into autumn and the apples are harvested, the desires and beliefs of the ill-matched siblings – each, in some way, loving or loved – are frustrated, satisfied, put to the test until, at last, a shocking act of violence brings their unlikely reunion to an end. In Loving Ways the award-winning Maurice Gee returns to the familiar territory of Nelson. Not even the main characters themselves are fully aware of the strange undercurrents which stir this superb contemporary novel. This is Gee at his finest.
Hostel Girl: A letter for Gloria was waiting in the rack. The envelope looked ordinary – Miss Gloria Wood written in ink – but Ailsa knew that crazy words lay hidden inside. Ailsa takes a dislike to Calum Page from the day she is invited to play tennis with his sister. The Pages looks down on her because her mother is the matron at Woburn Hostel, but Ailsa enjoys her life there. In particular, she is fascinated with the love life of her beautiful, aloof roommate, Gloria. Gloria begins to receive menacing love letters from an anonymous writer, and the girls realise he must be watching her – day and night. As the stalker closes in, Ailsa becomes increasingly convinced of his identity. And as she struggles to protect her friend from the complexities of obsessive love, Ailsa finds an unexpected ally. A chilling story of obsessive love set in Lower Hutt in 1955.
Ellie and the Shadow Man: This is the story of Ellie Crowther, a spirited and original woman who becomes a painter of distinction. But her canvases continue to be haunted by an elusive presence she thinks of as her shadow man. Told in five parts, each concentrating on a significant period of her life, it ranges from the 1950s when, as a girl, she lived in a YWCA hostel with her mother, to her twenties when she lives on a commune in Nelson, through to middle age, as she raises a son and becomes a painter. Ellie begins her journey into adulthood alert to its disappointments but also discovering her talents and passions. As the story progresses, Ellie comes to understand and eventually make peace with her shadow man.
The Scornful Moon: A reprint of this novel from one of New Zealand’s master storytellers. The story is set in 1930’s Wellington – the Great Depression is almost over and Labour is set to win the coming election. Former right-wing Cabinet Minster James Tinley has decided to run for office again. When his opponent goes on trial for murder the cracks in the political façade are revealed and James’ world begins to collapse.
Blindsight: The story of a "good though damaged man and his less than virtuous sister." As their childhood closeness unravels they move in very different directions. For nore than thiry years they do not meet. Then a young man appears at Alice’s door, claiming a relationship she never new she had. He becomes part of her life and she cautiously begins to reveal the past.
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