Out of the Mist and Steam: A Memoir
Author(s): Alan Duff
Alan Duff is the author of the bestselling Once Were Warriors, One Night Out Stealing, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? and Both Sides of the Moon, and here for the first time is the true story of this controversial writer's life. This memoir is the story of a talented but tormented child surrounded by violence and alcohol abuse. He bucked authority, ran away from a broken home, experienced incarceration in a boy's home, borstal and eventually, as a young man, entanglement with real criminals in England. Then there is the return home and a remarkable recovery to become not only New Zealand's bestselling novelist, but also a spokesperson for underprivileged New Zealanders, a widely read columnist and the initiator of the brilliantly successful Books in Homes scheme. This is a moving and honest account of a challenging and eventful life by one of New Zealand's most outspoken personalities. Trade Paperback
General Information
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- : Random House New Zealand
- : Random House New Zealand
- : 0.388
- : 31 May 1999
- : 210mm X 135mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Alan Duff
- : Paperback
- : 823/.914 B
- : very good
- : 208
- : ports.
- : ports.
More About The Product
Alan Duff was born in Rotorua in 1950. He has published six previous novels (Once Were Warriors, One Night out Stealing, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Both Sides of the Moon, Szabad and Jake's Long Shadow), a novella (State Ward), several children's books and three non-fiction works. Once Were Warriors won the Pen Best First Book for Fiction Award and along with What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? was made into an internationally acclaimed film for which he wrote the original screenplay.