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Book of Fame, The

Jones, Lloyd

An original 'novel' about the young kiwi men who achieved unheard-of-fame with the successful 1905 New Zealand rugby tour of Britain. Set in Britain, the All Blacks team, known as The Originals, are touring with fantastic and unexpected success, playing 34 matches and losing only one in a game against Wales. In the country they call 'Home', the men achieve massive public acclaim and become the most unlikely national heroes. A brilliant 'nonfiction' account of the mythical origins of the New Zealand national obsession with the game of rugby, The Book of Fame won the Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize for 2003. Film rights have been sold.

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