Downfall ’ — Vanessa Hatley Owen

’ — Vanessa Hatley Owen

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This fourth edition is extensively revised and fully redesigned

dating from 1863 to the present day

The chapters dig deep and are discursive

Downfall ’ — Vanessa Hatley OwenAn important new history considered through a queer lens Shortlisted for 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards In 1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well connected mayor of Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed. Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, only to be shot by a police sniper during street unrest in