Wild Pork and Watercress
Feb 2016 · Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
4.8star
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This rattling good yarn has now been made into a major movie: Hunt For the Wilderpeople, directed and written by Taika Waititi, and starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. When Social Welfare threatens to put Ricky into care, the overweight Maori boy and cantankerous Uncle Hec flee into the remote and rugged Ureweras. The impassable bush serves up perilous adventures, forcing the pair of misfits to use all their skills to survive hunger, wild pigs and the vagaries of the weather. Worse still are the authorities, determined to bring Ricky and Uncle Hec to justice. But despite the difficulties of life on the run, a bond of trust and love blossoms between the world-weary man and his withdrawn side-kick.
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4.8
15 reviews
Devon Broome
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July 22, 2024
Quite a fun story of a boy learning to be resourceful in the bush with the guidance of a grumpy, hard headed old man. Truly a great read for lovers of the outdoors, adventurers, hunters, and those who enjoy simple wit humor. Crump paints a great picture of the bush and what life can be like living off the land and moving camp to camp.
Kameron .W
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July 1, 2021
Great story, great author highly recommended!
Ad Bobo
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January 24, 2024
horrified.
About the author
The laconic Barry Crump, who died in 1996, began writing humorous sketches of life as a government deer-culler and pig hunter, publishing these as A Good Keen Man in 1960. By 1992 his New Zealand book sales were estimated at more than a million copies. As well as a bestselling author, Crump was an actor, television personality, poet, radio commentator, traveller, goldminer, photographer and more. Crump wrote 24 books in his lifetime, was married five times and had six children, all sons.
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