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John Tomb's Head
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- Closed: Sat 11 Feb 2012, 1:14 pm
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John Tomb's Head
Author: Johnson, Stephanie
ISBN: 9781869418267
John Tomb saw more of the world than most Englishmen of the early nineteenth century. From England to Australia to New Zealand, he led a life of adventure and romance. Two hundred years after his death, his tattooed head is discovered in an American museum. His spirit reawakened, John Tomb wryly observes those who would lay claim to his relic. Among others, there's the New Zealand delegation headed by the Prime Minister and including Tomb's Maori descendants, a leading historian, a prominent carver, the Diplomatic Protection Squad and the Prime Minister's fifteen-year-old daughter. From England come Tomb's English descendants and supporters, eager to take the head back to the land of his birth and their family museum. There is also a wealthy private collector and his clever wife. Returning to the biting and hilarious satire of contemporary New Zealand that Stephanie Johnson conveyed so well in the prize-winning THE SHAG INCIDENT, this is a daring, astute and rollicking novel from one of our foremost writers.
2006 Paperback 265 Pages
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Author: Johnson, Stephanie
ISBN: 9781869418267
John Tomb saw more of the world than most Englishmen of the early nineteenth century. From England to Australia to New Zealand, he led a life of adventure and romance. Two hundred years after his death, his tattooed head is discovered in an American museum. His spirit reawakened, John Tomb wryly observes those who would lay claim to his relic. Among others, there's the New Zealand delegation headed by the Prime Minister and including Tomb's Maori descendants, a leading historian, a prominent carver, the Diplomatic Protection Squad and the Prime Minister's fifteen-year-old daughter. From England come Tomb's English descendants and supporters, eager to take the head back to the land of his birth and their family museum. There is also a wealthy private collector and his clever wife. Returning to the biting and hilarious satire of contemporary New Zealand that Stephanie Johnson conveyed so well in the prize-winning THE SHAG INCIDENT, this is a daring, astute and rollicking novel from one of our foremost writers.
2006 Paperback 265 Pages
NEW
* FREE DELIVERY nationwide on all orders over 50.00 combine your purchases and save
* BUY WITH CONFIDENCE our feedback speaks for itself : Same day personal response to all emails, daily despatch and we don't list what we can't deliver
* PACKAGING like our books all packaging is brand new and specially designed to ensure safe, undamaged delivery
* We will match any price on Trade Me for the same new title - use Q&A at the bottom of the auction
* For this week's featured titles check our profile
* Betterbooks Your complete online bookshop
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- Seller is located in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
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Closes: Sat 11 Feb, 1:14 pm.
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