Title: Attack of the skunk people /
Authors: Kawana, Phil.
Publisher: Huia,
Year: 1999
Subjects: New Zealand Social life and customs Fiction.
Abstract: The stories and poems in this collection listen to Billy T.K. and Berlioz; buy sex; search for the greatest guitarist in the world; seek an unusual cure for an embarrassing sexual complaint; look for Audrey Hepburn; remember First World War Armentieres, the Patea freezing works, a Hillman Minx, festive hangi at Christmas-time; sing the Sound of Music on the road from Te Araroa to Te Kaha...--Publisher description.
Contents: The photograph of Uncle Raka -- Himiona's knives -- Stand on a cloud -- Whales -- Dogs and dinghies -- Deeds and bulldozers -- Winter afternoon, Masterton -- Untitled -- Listening to Berlioz -- Looking for Audrey Hepburn -- Sleep -- Breeder boy -- Meeting with God -- Hone at the art gallery -- Sister cyclone -- Absolutely Julie Andrews -- Cultural sensitivity -- The last Christmas piss-up -- The visitors -- The greatest guitarist of all time -- What I did in the holidays -- Spotting with Mr Thomas -- Christmas eve, 1995 -- In one hour -- Postcard -- The Pūkeko -- A day in the life -- Fucking shadows -- Contemplation in green -- Let your hair fall -- The silence now -- February 22, 1998 -- A minor kind of miracle -- The instant of a smile -- Alberto's fairy tale.