Missing Stocks Press, 2006 edition. Good second-hand condition.

In 1973, policeman Ron Chambers left the sectarian violence of Northern Ireland behind for a new life in New Zealand, where, for 21 years, he served as proctor of Otago University. His recollections form an alternative history of the university in the 1980s and 1990s. Capping stunts, orientation hijinks, student protests, skyrocket wars and inter-college skirmishes are all described from a proctor's-eye view. Here the reader will meet - or perhaps remember - the Vomit Comet, the Messiah, Nick the Dick, the Flying Proctors, and Ox, among a host of colourful personalities.