Dear Neil Roberts

Author: Airini Beautrais

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Price : $25.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780864739735
Publisher : Victoria University of Wellington Press
Imprint : Victoria University of Wellington Press
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Publication date : October 2014
Produced in : New Zealand
RRP : 25.0
Availability date : November 2014
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Author : Airini Beautrais
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 821.3
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Pages : 64
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It is November 18, 1982, and Neil Ian Roberts is 22 years old. He walks up to the Police Computer Centre in Whanganui, at 12:35am. Shortly after, there was an explosion. Neil committed suicide attempting to destroy that computer center, but who was Neil Roberts? This book is the search for the story of a quiet young man, an anarchist, a figure who moves differently, or vanishes altogether, in different versions of history. As much a work of documentary as poetry, this extraordinary collection considers the uncomfortable event of Neil Roberts s death, its significance in the context of 1980s New Zealand, and how this action has reverberated through others lives, including the poet s own."

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