num_pages: 279
description: For all the promise of his name Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend, Rex Petley - eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorcycle maniac - takes that prize. But is he also a murderer? Maurice Gee is the author of "The Burning Boy".
language: English
title: Going West
titlecomplete: Going West
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 141
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
category: 1st (Goodman Fielder Wattie)
publisher: faber and faber