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First published as a special issue of Robin Dudding’ s literary magazine Islands (Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1976), Dick Seddon’ s Great Dive won the 1977 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, and was republished in The Shirt Factory and other stories by VUP in 1981. Dick Seddon’ s Great Dive traces the story of a love affair through 1970s New Zealand counterculture, traveling between the poles of Bethells Beach and Port Chalmers. Parties and drugs fill daily life, while the land’ s true history and the dispossession of its original owners press the story to its tragic conclusion.
First published as a special issue of Robin Dudding’ s literary magazine Islands (Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1976), Dick Seddon’ s Great Dive won the 1977 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, and was republished in The Shirt Factory and other stories by VUP in 1981. Dick Seddon’ s Great Dive traces the story of a love affair through 1970s New Zealand counterculture, traveling between the poles of Bethells Beach and Port Chalmers. Parties and drugs fill daily life, while the land’ s true history and the dispossession of its original owners press the story to its tragic conclusion.
Pages - 256
Binding - Paperback
Publisher - Victoria University Press
Publication Date - 2023-09-07
ISBN - 9781776920204
Weight - 503 grams