Cocktails with Molotov and Tea with Mr. Lee

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Bernard Brown lived through WW2 in Suffolk, England, where he was strafed by bullets from a German Dornier aeroplane; dived to fetch sculpturing clay for a young Lucian Freud; went to school with the notorious gangsters the Kray brothers; and had a close encounter with the Jimmy Savile of the era, 'Uncle Mac' at the BBC. As a young man he met with Margaret Thatcher, and later with famous authors such as Anthony Burgess, and Han Suyin (author of Love is a Many-Splendored Thing) with whom he fell in love. Cocktails with Molotov is an entertaining romp through Brown's wartime and post-war activities. After finishing his RAF service in Singapore in the 1950s, he studied law before emigrating to New Zealand. He has taught law at the University of Auckland ever since, including teaching such well-known figures as ex-Prime Minister David Lange, and Winston Peters. Cocktails with Molotov is his seventh published book.

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"My supervisor for the criminal papers was the wonderful Bernard Brown. There was something dashing and intriguing about Bernard. He was funny, he wrote poetry, he had an edge to him which made him unlikely ever to be Dean of the Law School." - David Lange, My Life

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Bernard Brown has been a Professor of Law at the University of Auckland since the 1960s, where he has taught such well-known New Zealanders as ex-Prime Minister David Lange, and Winston Peters. He was conscripted into the RAF in 1956 where he served in Egypt and Southeast Asia. After finishing his military service he studied law in Singapore before emigrating to New Zealand. He has previously published books with Cape Catley and Butterworths (Sydney), amongst others. He was Honorary President of PEN for 2017/18. Brian Lovelock (Illustrator) won the Best Picture Book at the 2009 NZ Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.