Ronald Hugh Morrieson Reihenfolge der Bücher

James Ronald Hugh Morrieson war ein Roman- und Kurzgeschichtenautor, dessen Werk in seinem Heimatland bis nach seinem Tod weitgehend unentdeckt blieb. Seine Romane, die oft in der Stadt spielen, in der er sein ganzes Leben verbrachte, fangen das Leben im neuseeländischen Vernakulär ein. Morriesons Schriften zeichnen sich durch tiefen Einblick in die menschliche Psyche aus und berühren häufig Themen wie Isolation und Missverständnis. Sein tragisches Schicksal und seine unerkannte literarische Bedeutung machen ihn zu einer bemerkenswerten Figur der neuseeländischen Literatur.

2012
The Scarecrow
248 Seiten
9 Lesestunden
3,9(39)Abgeben
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.
1986
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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.

The Scarecrow

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