Dirty Work

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dirty Work
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nigel Cox
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780864735263
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Victoria University Press
Publication Date 3 March 2006
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

As the economic reforms of the mid-1980s begin to take their toll on New Zealand's most vulnerable, Gina Tully, manager of Happy World hotel-a down-and-out residential hotel filled with rascals and eccentrics-must reconcile her social conscience with her need to keep her job. Emerging from this story about the downtrodden and disadvantaged is a celebration of human resilience that reminds us of the importance of intimacy and compassion.

Author Biography

Nigel Cox was the Director Experience at Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand's national museum, and the author of Skylark Lounge, Responsibility, and Tarzan Presley.