FACTS, FANTASIES, FICTION

DAYS OF STARLIGHT by Craig Harrison

In the tradition of the fast-paced intelligent thriller, DAYS OF STARLIGHT builds and sustains a powerful momentum and reaches a startling revelation. By the author of THE QUIET EARTH.

$34.95 hardcover. $22.95 paperback.

AWFUL CHILDHOODS by Ann Macrae

A witty and perceptive tragi-comic tale of women's lives in low-income urban New Zealand of the 1980s. Despair constantly alternates with comedy in this powerful novel from a prize-winning writer.

$32.95 har

SPLINTER by Lloyd Jones

What happens when a convicted vandal and failed entrepreneur attempts to discover meaning in his personal life? Lloyd Jones, well-known author of GILMORE'S DAIRY, has produced a tour de force full of raw buffoonery and wit.

$32.95 hardcover. $19.95 paperback.

ANNELIESE by Heather Marshall

A timeless, heartbreaking novel of a lonely adolescent girl growing up in New Zealand during World War II. Another of successful writer Heather Marshall's many novels which have been serialised by Radio New Zealand.

$34.95 hardcover.

Publishing February: EXPLOSIONS ON THE SUN
Short stories by Marilyn Duckworth
HODDER AND STOUGHTON