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Crime Story
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Crime Story
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maurice Gee
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:272 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780143018308
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.2 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Group (NZ)
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| Imprint |
Penguin Books (NZ)
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| Publication Date |
29 April 2002 |
| Publication Country |
New Zealand
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Maurice Gee has long been considered one of New Zealand's finest writers. He has written more than thirty books for adults and young adults and has won numerous literary awards, including the UK's James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the Wattie Award, the Deutz Medal for Fiction, the New Zealand Fiction Award and the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award. Maurice lives in Nelson, in New Zealand's South Island, with his wife Margareta, and has two daughters and a son.
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