- Published: 28 May 2014
- ISBN: 9780143571025
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 328
- RRP: $30.00
Purgatory
- Published: 28 May 2014
- ISBN: 9780143571025
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 328
- RRP: $30.00
Rosetta Allan’s debut novel ‘Purgatory’ is one of those books that draws you into its exquisitely crafted, atmospheric and entirely believable world within the first couple of pages.
Tanya Allport, Booklovers
[One of her strengths] is the characterisation, accomplished with a talent for capturing quirks of human behaviour, movement and appearance, along with an acute ear for dialogue, effort that isn’t spared even for minor characters.
John McCrystal, Canvas Magazine, Weekend Herald
'[A] haunting tale of tragedy, poverty, love and deceit . . . Purgatory stays with you long after you have finished reading it.' —Daily Post, Rotorua
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'Rosetta Allan's debut . . . is smart, funny, tragic and the product of some close historical research . . . gives a stark and credible re-creation of time and place.' —Nicholas Reid, NZ Books
PRH, PRH