Penguin Books, 1999. Minor wear to cover extremities, foxing to page edges and endpapers, inscription in pen at top of front endpaper.

What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori Battalion, killed in battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Montana Book Awards 2000 Finalist - Fiction