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2003 Nominated

Stonedogs

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In between drug deals and binge-drinking, reckless driving and street fights, the delinquents of the Brotherhood wage the holiest of wars. Yes, they will derail the Juggernaut before it can suicide…or have a ball trying at least. But when one of them falls prey to Roto-Vegas gang members, the cultural terrorists mobilise in earnest.
Revenge takes them on a road-trip – a coming of age from hell. It is a journey to the corners of a collective psyche peopled by nightmares as real as the headlines of today, a New Zealand the tourists and executives had better pray they never stumble upon. Alone and gut-shot, the Juggernaut closing in, the Brotherhood will rally for an audacious final stand, a last ditch fight for their minds and their lives …. and perhaps for the future of us all.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Craig
Marriner

Craig Marriner is New Zealand’s response to Irvine Welsh and Quentin Tarantino. The raw and scathing prose of his first novel, Stonedogs, broke new ground and the work went on to win the Deutz Medal for Fictionand the New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the 2002 Montana Book Awards. It was set in the world of gangs, drugs and the underbelly of New Zealand. Like Alan Duff, Marriner was raised in Rotorua, left school early and describes himself as living ‘near the edge of the rails’ before taking off to the Australian mines. He was a Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow in 2004 and currently lives in London.

Craig Marriner is New Zealand’s response to Irvine Welsh and Quentin Tarantino. The raw and scathing prose of his first novel, Stonedogs, broke new ground and the work went on to win the Deutz Medal for Fictionand the New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the 2002 Montana Book Awards. It was set in the world of gangs, drugs and the underbelly of New Zealand. Like Alan Duff, Marriner was raised in Rotorua, left school early and describes himself as living ‘near the edge of the rails’ before taking off to the Australian mines. He was a Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow in 2004 and currently lives in London.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
New Zealand
Original Language
English
Publisher
Vintage New Zealand

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