I am grateful for the assistance of Creative N.Z. – The Arts Council of New Zealand. Their grant in 1996 made this novel possible.
I also wish to thank Paula Boock for an excellent suggestion at an early stage of the work, and Noeline Stoops and Des Kelly for their helpful comments on the manuscript.
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© Jack Lasenby
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in publication data:
Lasenby, Jack.
Taur
ISBN 978 1 77553 227 9.
I. Title.
NZ823.2
First published in Australia in 1998 by
Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd
Hyland House
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First published by Longacre Press 1998
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Book design and map on pages 6-7 by Jenny Cooper
Front cover photograph of ice by Lloyd Davis
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