Chris Else: 6 books

From one of New Zealand's most thoughtful writers, not just a finely crafted novel but a whole country, complete with dark undertones. Kit Wallace has spent his whole life running away. Through luck and lack of purpose he has finally washed up in the Pacific nation of Ventiak. Here, on the top floor...

**Part fairy tale and part philosophical exploration, this compelling fictional love story is witty and subtle, full of insight into the peculiar blend of reason and passion that makes up our humanity.**When Jack Collingham becomes chauffeur to the Casturians, it seems the perfect arrangement. He...

**A fascinating novel about small-town communities, which is also a love story and a whodunit.**Ken McUrran runs a service station in a small town. He's an ordinary kiwi bloke who wants an ordinary kiwi life. Trouble is, a young Austrian hitch-hiker disappears. Ken's niece, Gith, has seen which car...

“Fox was not one of those people who prided themselves on rational control over their lives. He knew that logic proved only its own assumptions and that great idea were more likely to be founded in the crazy patterns of his dreams…”   Surreal – provocative – entertaining – disturbing: tens tories from highly original New Zealand writer.

**A compassionate novel exploring our deep need for human comfort and reassurance, even in the midst of seeming plenty.**In the trendy satellite town of Durry, four couples live in the support and trust of their joint friendship. They've stuck by one another through young love and marriage break-up,...

This fast-paced literary thriller follows the lives of three characters each trying to survive in the craziness of a city something like your own. Spit is 16 and streetwise, adept at sliding round the welfare system and making a dollar or two where he can. Lavendar, beautiful, groomed to...