The Burning River

Welcome to the jungle: The Burning River, reviewed

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Books editor Catherine Woulfe follows Wellington author Lawrence Patchett into his extraordinary story of heat and humanity and history repeating.  The Burning River begins like the best kind of yarn. “Someone had been there. Someone strange. In the centre of his camp, a new circle of sooted rocks. A campfire, with the bones of a … Read more

Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending October 24

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The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1  Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Picador, $20) “With a sense of perverse futility, Kawaguchi’s characters move through … Read more