Minotaur / Peter Goldsworthy.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Docklands, VIC : Penguin Random House, 2019Copyright date: �2019. Whakaahuatanga: 326 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780143795698
- A823.4 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Suspense | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | GOLD (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2191211 | |||
Suspense | Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | GOLD (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2191210 |
Detective Sergeant Rick Zadow is angry, unmotivated, unwashed, unkempt, and almost entirely reliant on his guide dog, Scout, and voice-controlled personal assistant Siri to make it through each day: one a voice without a body, the other a body without a voice. Left blind after a bullet wound to the head two years before, he is caught up in a workers' compensation battle between two psychiatrists - one acting for him, and one appointed by WorkCover - over how much compo he should be awarded. Reminders of his former life keep on tripping Rick up. His wife has moved out, and another former passion of his life - a legendary Ducati motorbike he was halfway through restoring - sits abandoned in the back shed. All of which is the background to the central story: the breakout from jail of the man who shot him, and who is seeking to finish the job . . . Part laugh-out-loud comedy, part deadly serious study of revenge , part love story, this unique novel from one of our finest writers is also a slow, crabwise journey of self-discovery. As Rick navigates his sense-world (smell, sound, touch, taste . . . and finally, sight), there is a sixth sense he must also learn to trust - his gut instinct - which might just turn out to be his best.
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