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   Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black ...

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   Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life and his fantastical tales for young adults. His most notable work is the Plumb trilogy, which examines the lives of three generations of a New Zealand family. Learn more about Gee’s life and career.

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   Maurice Gee has 51 books on Goodreads with 15654 ratings. Maurice Gee’s most popular book is Under the Mountain.

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   Maurice Gee is a distinguished New Zealand fiction writer. He has received numerous awards, nominations and grants for both his adult fiction and his young adult and children’s books, and was bestowed the prestigious Icon Award in 2003 by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

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   Nov 24, 2008 · Colin Potter is a skinny boy, hungry for chocolate. Herbert Muskie is enormously fat, hungry for revenge. A dramatic encounter down at the creek forges an unhappy alliance between the vindictive...

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6. www.goodreads.com › book › showPlumb (Plumb, #1) by Maurice Gee - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 1978 · Plumb by Maurice Gee tells the story of George Plumb, a clergyman, his wife Edie, and their family. Plumb, who is drawing toward the end of his life, recounts in the book his life and all its successes and failures.

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   Who is Maurice Gee?

   • "Maurice Gee, master storyteller". Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 21 November 2020. ^ Harbourne, Alice (8 December 2015). "Maurice Gee: Life and Work - review". Metro NZ. Retrieved 2 December 2020. ^ "Gee, Margareta, 1940-". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 December 2020. ^ "Gee, Abigail, 1972-". National Library of New Zealand.

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   • Maurice Gee's novel Blindsight (Penguin Books, 2005) won the Deutz Medal for Fiction, and the Montana Award for Fiction at the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Gee also jointly received the Readers' Choice Award with Fiona Kidman.

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   Is Maurice Gee a good writer?

   • Maurice Gee … is a remarkable writer, who uses the conventions of the out-world romance both to tell a most compelling story and to make some valid social comments.” Read Gee's book Salt. Write a review on the book, explaining the symbolism of the fantasy world and its inhabitants.

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   Who is George Plumb in Maurice Gee's Plumb?

   • Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature &- half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self-absorption.

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   Will Gee write a new book?

   • Although Gee said in 2012 that he did not expect to write another novel, The Severed Land was published in 2017, and received the top award for young adult fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in that same year. In 2018 Gee published his memoir Memory Pieces.

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   Is Gee a good writer?

   • In 1993, Andro Linklater, writing in British newspaper The Sunday Times, said that "Gee deserves to be regarded as one of the finest writers at work, not only in New Zealand ... but in the English speaking world".

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   Maurice Gee is an award-winning author of fiction for both children and adults. His writings reflect a strong sense of New Zealand life, providing insight into his country's politics and ideals. He was little recognized outside of his native country until the publication of his novel Plumb, which won the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Award.