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FREE READ ´ SJMEDIA.CO î Ronald Hugh Morrieson READ ´ The scarecrow A novel S of its own kind an unexpected and irresistible masterpiece 'One of the most unusual and original novels published in this country for many a long day' Sydney Morning Herald A brilliant sometimes jarring mix of coming of age nostalgia cartoonish horror and grim realism a tale of lechery alcohol murder rape and small town charm Think Ray Bradbury s slightly unhinged cousin Neddy Poindexter s narrative is a delight a bit innocent and naive with a tendency to exaggerate and a kinda disturbing fixation with his sister Through him Morrieson captures that horrible mulchy mysteriousness of sex when you re a 14 year old boy and creates a vision of small town New Zealand which somehow feels both sentimental disgusting and eerily magical A Kite for Moon horror and grim realism a tale of lechery alcohol murder rape and small town charm Think Ray Bradbury s slightly unhinged cousin Neddy Poindexter s narrative is a delight a bit innocent and naive with a tendency to exaggerate and a kinda disturbing fixation with World Without End his sister Through Bone Crossed him Morrieson captures that Annie's War horrible mulchy mysteriousness of sex when you re a 14 year old boy and creates a vision of small town New Zealand which somehow feels both sentimental disgusting and eerily magical

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FREE READ ´ SJMEDIA.CO î Ronald Hugh Morrieson READ ´ The scarecrow A novel Otect her from the men in town but can he protect her from the killer on the loosePart boys' own adventure part small town comedy and part horrifying thriller The Scarecrow i What a grimy unpleasant book Excuse me while I dramatically wash my hands of it now that I m done with itOkay So The Scarecrow isn t a bad book but there was a lot I didn t like about it I suppose what muddied my enjoyment of it the most was the book s skeevy preoccupation not to mention the protagonist s preoccupation with the sex life of the protagonist s 16 year old sister Prudence For me Prudence was the only character worth giving a toss about as the rest were too one dimensional or unlikeable Or both The protagonist had his moments but the scenario closer to the beginning that almost led to a view spoilergang rape hide spoiler

FREE READ ´ SJMEDIA.CO î Ronald Hugh Morrieson READ ´ The scarecrow A novel 'The same week our fowls were stolen Daphne Moran had her throat cut'Neddy Poindexter's sister Prudence has turned sixteen and is the prettiest girl in Klynham Neddy can't pr On the way home from somewhere I noticed that our local op shop had a bookshelf out on its verandah I picked up six books for which I still owe 3 the shop being shut then and for the duration of the Thing Luckily for me one of the books was The Scarecrow The copy is the text classics edition one of the series inspired by Di Gribble New Zealanders will have to forgive me for listing this under Australia If you want our dole money then uit complainin The rural setting and the appalling drinking surely could come from the Australian backblocks But this has an assurance and a I ll do this how I darn well please attitude that are pure NZ The assurance is not polished it s the confidence of existing with no natural predators That s NZ for you Only a confident and inexperienced writer could even think of writing this book let alone bring it into the world The young teenager s view is honest witty scared sexual full of the bravado which shows its true colours fast enough All this creates a really beautiful small town story and that despite the ugliness of it Yes it stacks up though it s hard to understand howrest here