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Gee, Maurice. 1931-

The plumb trilogy / Maurice Gee. - North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2007. - 255, 243, 225 p. ; 22 cm.

New ed. "The Plumb trilogy first published by Penguin Group (N.Z.), 1995" --t.p. verso. Plumb. originally published, London : Faber, 1978. Meg. originally published Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin and London : Faber 1981. Sole survivor. originally published London : Faber ; Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin, 1983.

Plumb -- Meg -- Sole survivor.

Plumb is one of Maurice's most admired and loved novels. The Trilogy brings together the three novels Plumb, Meg and Sole Survivor to set up a family saga unrivalled by anything in New Zealand literature. In Plumb, Gee introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb. It won the New Zealand Fiction Award and the Wattie Book of the Year Award. Meg continues the family story with George Plumb's daughter, articulating her personal battles against a backdrop of family traumas and world wars. Sole Survivor focuses on the career of Duggie Plum, Plumb's grandson, as seen through the eyes of his cousin Raymond Sole, who sharpens the story of his own doomed marriage against that of his relationship to Duggie.

ISBN: 9780143007562 (pbk.) : $40.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Clergy--New Zealand--Fiction.
Families--New Zealand--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
New Zealand fiction--20th century.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2