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THE STORY OF THE BOOK:
This whole marvellous and very messy story sprang from just one image ( - perhaps a moment from my own childhood that I've succeeded in suppressing from conscious memory) of two boys flinging horse poop at a passing vehicle.
I wrote an opening chapter getting my characters up to that moment, and sent it with an application to Creative NZ. To my immense surprise they gave me a grant; - for a book about horse do-do!
Well, it's not really. As it says on the back;
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE,
HONESTY AND TRUST,
LEADERSHIP AND LOYALTY,
LIES AND CHEATING,
GREED AND REVENGE,
AND
HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
-OH, AND MANURE.
LOTS AND LOTS OF MANURE!
And yes, there is lots, and lots, and lots of manure! I had a heap of fun writing it, and I hope you have heaps of fun reading it.
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