The Miserables

Thirty-year-old Brett Healey's trip to Wellington, New Zealand, for his grandfather's funeral leads him to reflect on his past, on his identity, on his family, and on the beauty and familiarity of his birthplace.

Literature & Fiction

Wilkins, Damien

British & Irish

Harcourt

A story of young New Zealanders abroad and the people and places they encounter. They include a father and son in a London squat and a nanny in the American Midwest, and the settings range from the Gravitron at the Wellington Trade Fair to an insect research laboratory in an English meadow.

Little Masters

Contemporary

Faber Faber Inc

Covers the lives of two young people from New Zealand, Adrian and Emily, who continue to cross paths with each other and are drawn together time after time by a series of different situations.

Little Masters: A Novel

Henry Holt Co.

A New Zealand author's first novel. Brett Healey is 30 years old and trying to work out just what are the ties and motivations in his life. Travelling to and from his grandfather's funeral, he reflects on his past, finding patterns as he meets again the people who have meant most to him.

Victoria University Press

Evelyn has left her home and her husband. She has taken her thirteen-year-old daughter two thousand miles across the USA to her childhood home. The drizzly Pacific Northwest suits Evelyn's mood perfectly. She takes small doses of liquor from a secret supply and spends her time smoking under wet trees in the company of a hen. But her home town has more on its mind than Evelyn's troubles. The volcano that sits on the horizon has suddenly become active. Scientists, tourists, thrill-seekers flood the district. Evelyn tries to ignore it. She cannot, however ignore the phone calls she starts receiving following a car accident. Who is the caller? What does he want?

Nineteen Widows Under Ash

Witty and acute, this daring collection of stories is a sharp-eyed look at modern relationships and the pressures and delights of everyday life. With control and humor, this ensemble of fables, satires, notes to self, snapshots, and vignettes from one of New Zealand's finest authors offers beautiful yet disquieting views of contemporary living in easy, conversational tones.

For Everyone Concerned: & Other Stories

A deeply moving and funny portrayal of a mother and son, this humorous novel about coping with an unusual situation tells the story of a speech therapist whose mother awakes one day to find herself suddenly—for no apparent reason—speaking with a heavy French accent.

Somebody Loves Us All: A Novel

Genre Fiction

It is 1928 and the world’s most famous novelist, Thomas Hardy, is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his high-powered literary friends are becoming locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy’s remains Who knew the great man best What are the secrets of Max Gate Nellie Titterington, a maid at the house, narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about a world of ambition, duty, belonging and love.

Max Gate

Literary

"A witty and sentient writer"—LA Times 
"Wilkins can command a breathtakingly supple literary style"—The New York Times 
1928: Thomas Hardy is dying in the upstairs room of Max Gate, the house he built in his beloved Dorset. Downstairs, his literary friends are locked in a bitter fight with local supporters. Who owns Hardy’s remains? Who knew him best? What are the secrets of Max Gate? 
Housemaid Nellie Titterington narrates this earthy and emotionally-charged novel about ambition, duty, belonging, and love. 
Damien Wilkins is the author of seven novels, including the New Zealand Book Award-winning The Miserables.

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The Miserables

Little Masters

Little Masters: A Novel

The Miserables

Nineteen Widows Under Ash

For Everyone Concerned: & Other Stories

Somebody Loves Us All: A Novel

Max Gate

Max Gate