TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harrison, Kerry.
TI  - Hold the Line: The Springbok tour of '81, a family, a love affair, a nation at war
SN  - 9780473559465
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Auckland
PB  - Cloud Ink Press Ltd
KW  - Springbok Tour
KW  - 1981
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - New Zealand fiction
KW  - 21st century
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Paperback / softback
N2  - It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed. Beth returns from London. Her World War 2 veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk? In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare
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