In the Clear Light (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393333329)

The scene is Auckland during the Second World War. In the warrenlike old tenement the residents call Paddy's Puzzle, Clara Bentley awaits the arrival of Ambrose, her black lover, an American marine. She also waits for the bomb that might fall when the air raid siren sounds at night. She waits for visits from the strange inhabitants of the Puzzle--prostitutes; blackmarketeers; old Ma Hollis, who helps her keep body and soul together; and a host of others. She waits, too, for the culmination of an illness that has weakened her irremediably.

Author: Fiona Kidman
ISBN-10: 0393333329
ISBN-13: 9780393333329
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1985
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d