9 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: Young Adult | New Zealand
The Burning Boy: On the day of the storm, Norma Sangster, principal of Saxton College for Girls, watches Duncan Round, with his fire-scarred face, waiting for his sister outside the school gate and wonders what life can hold for the boy. This is a story of life in a small New Zealand country town.
—The Burning Boy won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1991.
‘Written with verve and economy, Maurice Gee’s novel has a wealth of penetratingly observed incidents, some spectacular and dramatic, some distinctly unpleasant. Most, however, are ordinary, everyday events from which Gee builds an engaging narrative and a detailed picture of the life of the city – a city which, under different names in successive novels, he is steadily making into his equivalent of Hardy’s Wessex.’ – Times Literary Supplement
In My Father’s Den: When Celia Inverarity, aged seventeen, is found brutally murdered in a secluded West Auckland park one Sunday afternoon, Paul Prior, her English teacher and mentor, is suspected of being her murderer. Celia’s death and the violence which follows send Prior back to examine the past – which proves as secret as his father’s den in the old poison shed. Eventually the murderer is exposed, but not before a family has been split apart and old wounds revealed. In My Father’s Den is Maurice Gee’s third novel and was first published in 1972. It is now an international feature film of the same name. In My Father’s Den is directed by Brad McGann and Produced by Trevor Haysom and Dixie Linder, and stars Matthew Macfayden, Miranda Otto and Emily Barclay.
The Champion: It is summer 1943 in a small New Zealand town, and a wounded American soldier is coming to stay with 12-year-old Rex and his family. Rex is full of expectations, but from the moment Jackson steps down from the bus there are surprises – and how could anyone predict the dramatic events which will unfold in the days to come?
The Fire Raiser: Kitty Wix is knocked over as a strange loping figure is seen fleeing the burning stables. But who is the ‘fire-raiser’ and why is he creating such terror? Kitty has her own suspicions, and so do other children in the town. When the crazed man with fire in his head strikes again, the children find themselves in terrible danger.
The Fat Man: Herbert Muskie is The Fat Man. When he catches skinny, hungry Colin Potter stealing a chocolate bar, he forces Colin to become his partner in crime. This begins an ever-escalating cycle of dominance fueled by Muskie’s hatred of the people of Loomis–a grudge Colin doesn’t understand. The Fat Man’s sphere of influence quickly ensnares the rest of Colin’s family and threatens to destroy their lives.
Live Bodies: As a young man in the 1930s, Josef battled the Nazis on the streets of Vienna. He fled to New Zealand, only to be interned as a dangerous enemy on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. After the war, he rebuilt his life and married Nancy. Despite his success, Josef still stands askew from his times.
Orchard Street: Some very strange things are happening in Orchard Street. Ossie’s dad is doing something illegal under the house; everyone is talking about the waterfront strike; adults are behaving in odd ways towards each other – and Ossie is falling in love
Access Road: The old family home in Access Road, where Lionel, Roly and Rowan grew up, is crumbling away – but after more than fifty years Lionel and Roly are back. Rowan, too, safe in ‘upper crusty’ Takapuna, is drawn more and more strongly ‘out west’. The past is dangerously alive. Clyde Buckley, violent as a boy, enigmatic, subterranean as an old man, returns to his childhood territory. What does he want? What crimes does he hide? And how is Lionel involved? Rowan must abandon safety if she is to find out . . .
The Severed Land: This gripping, page-turning fantasy adventure follows a dangerous quest through a divided world.
From the high reaches of a tree, Fliss watches the soldiers attempting yet again to break through the invisible wall. Amid the explosions, a drummer boy tries to escape. As he is about to be shot, Fliss reaches through the wall and pulls him to safety. But Fliss is dismayed to find she has saved an overfed rich boy. She is even more dismayed to learn that she must accompany him back through the wall on a special mission to rescue the Nightingale. The world they have to travel through is a perilous one, full of predatory thieves, slave masters, beggars, dippers, mudlarks, drain-sliders, spies and wall-men. It is a world where the ruling families are caught up in a lethal power struggle. Will Fliss and the despised drummer boy learn to trust each other? Who is the Nightingale? And will they all make it back alive?
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