About the Author

Patrick Evans has taught New Zealand literature at the University of Canterbury for more than 30 years. He is a former professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia; a visiting professor at Bethany College in West Virginia; and the author of numerous books, including Being Eaten Alive, An Inward Sun: The Novels of Janet Frame, and Making It.

Reviews

A brilliant piece of ventriloquism . . . about the power of the imagination and the courage of gifted writers, but also—and much more simply—about the decency of ordinary people." — Bill Manhire, poet, Lifted

"Patrick Evans is a stimulating and iconoclastic writer on our literature; he is also a richly talented playwright and novelist." — Owen Marshall, author, When Gravity Snaps

"A magnificent reimagining of a signal moment in our cultural history, this is both a novel of surpassing tenderness and a primer on creative writing. . . . This is a rare and transforming reading experience." — Kate de Goldi, author, The 10PM Question