Passport to Hell
Passport to Hell is the story of James Douglas Stark-&quote;Starkie&quote;-and his war. Journalist and novelist Robin Hyde came across Starkie while reporting in Mt Eden Gaol in the 1930s and immediately knew she had to write his &quote;queer true terrible story.&quote; Born in Southland and finding himself in early trouble with the law, the young Starkie tricked his way into a draft in 1914 by means of a subterfuge involving whisky and tea. He had a subsequent checkered career in Egypt, Gallipoli, Armentières, the Somme, and Ypres. Hyde portrays a man carousing in the brothels of Cairo and the estaminets of Flanders; looting…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-77558-136-9
- EAN: 9781775581369
- Produktnummer: 35598924
- Verlag: Auckland University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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Robin Hyde was a New Zealand journalist, novelist, and poet. In her career, she worked for the Dominion, the Christchurch Sun, the Wanganui Chronicle, and the New Zealand Observer. She is the author of 10 books of poetry and prose, and further volumes of poetry, autobiography, and journalism were published after her death in 1939, as her posthumous reputation grew.
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