Dean Parker's Johnson picks up where Mulgan's classic Kiwi novel, Man Alone, left off. JOHNSONDean ParkerSteele Roberts AotearoaBy CUSHLA MCKINNEYI am ashamed to admit that until Dean Parker’s sequel to Man Alone arrived in my letter-box, I had never read John Mulgan’s classic novel. My second problem was the introduction of Mulgan as a character (Johnson shares a drunken communion with him in a cave high in the Greek hills). Despite its flaws, I enjoyed revisiting Johnson’s story, and if Parker’s novel of the same name brings Mulgan’s back into public consciousness (and print), all the better for it. Win a copy• The ODT has five copies of Johnson, by Dean Parker, to give away courtesy of Steele Roberts Aotearoa.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 17, 2017 17:26 UTC