Going West

by Maurice Gee

Book Overview

For all the promise of his name Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend, Rex Petley - eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorcycle maniac - takes that prize. But is he also a murderer? Maurice Gee is the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0141001712
• ISBN13: 9780141001715
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Books (NZ)
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Ranked among the 50 best New Zealand Books by the NZ Listener

"For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley - eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider - takes that prize. Is he also a murderer? And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives. Going West has long been regarded as one of the most autobiographical of Maurice Gee's novels." --Penguin review "Stern, stoic, spare. Half a century of impeccably authentic New Zealand lives. The wars between and within the sexes consummately, compassionately anatomised. Men are from Mars; women are from Kohimarama." --David Hill, The New Zealand Listener The New Zealand Book Council and Colenso produced a wonderful animation for the book[...]. I was drawn into the almost-familiar time and space of Auckland 40/50 years ago. Gee's prose is descriptive but flows naturally, the characters are warmly drawn. For me the plot was secondary to Gee's vision, which was so real I could almost smell it.