Published by Oxford University Press (1987).

In this biography of the eminent New Zealand author Maurice Gee, Manhire traces a career that has included major literary awards as well as a popular television serial of Gee's 'Under the Mountain'. Among Gee's other works are a trilogy for children, which includes 'The Halfmen of O', the 1983 New Zealand Children's Book of the Year. As part of a series on New Zealand writers, this volume contributes to the growing interest in this vital new literary movement.