Research Catalog
Talking about O'Dwyer / C.K. Stead.
- Title
- Talking about O'Dwyer / C.K. Stead.
- Author
- Stead, C. K. (Christian Karlson), 1932-
- Publication
- Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9639.3.S7 T3 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 219 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse.
- Subject
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Greece > Crete > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Fiction. > Greece > Crete
- Blessing and cursing > Fiction
- New Zealanders > England > Oxford > Fiction
- Friendly fire (Military science) > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Maori > Fiction
- Crete (Greece) > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- New Zealand fiction – 20th century.
- Note
- A novel.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0140288392 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 43822819
- SCSB-11878314
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library