Drongo: A Kiwi Road Novel

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18 year old Andy Ingle, with his yellow typewriter called Half-Arse under his arm, embarks on one of the great Kiwi road trips, hitchhiking from Palmerston North to Dunedin, over to the West Coast and back up to Auckland. On the way falling in with drug dealers, a washed-out Professor of Literature, members of the Miss NZ Pageant, and a rag-tag collection of some of the most eccentric and entertaining characters to appear in Kiwi fiction. "This generous and absorbing book brings an unforgettable character to our literature." - Chris Bourke

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This generous absorbing book brings an unforgettable character to our literature. - Chris Bourke; Richards has rare and quirky talents as a fiction writer. - C. K. Stead; Andy Ingle `New Zealand's most clueless youth.'- Peter Simpson

Author Bio

Ian Richards' first book Everyday Life in Paradise was a finalist in the 1991 Heinemann Reed Award for best book of fiction. His biography To Bed at Noon: The Life and Art of Maurice Duggan (Auckland University Press, 1997) was nominated for the Montana Best Book Award. Richards' stories have been broadcast on Radio New Zealand and appeared in numerous magazines including Landfall, the NZ Listener and North and South.