Overlooking an old
boatyard, in a city threatened by drought, in a country wracked by unusual
weather patterns, in a building marked for demolition, a fugitive from art
contemplates a blank canvas, a jar of old brushes and a fresh page in his
journal.
As he surveys the grounds on which he’s lived and worked ‘a mutinous
crew’ conspire to take him on a voyage of salvage and recovery, into inner city
Auckland of the ‘sixties to revisit the deaths which he believes his early
obsession is implicated.
A voyage to illuminate a looming personal and global
disaster, to navigate the shoals of art and politics, obsession and friendship,
and the shifting shores
of modern art movements.
This new novel by David Parkyn with black and white images by
Sally Griffin is $38 and is published by Piedog Press, PO Box 10-265, Wellington 6143.
ISBN 978 - 0 - 473 - 32150 - 5
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