Barry Crump

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Barry Crump


Born
in Papatoetoe, New Zealand
May 15, 1935

Died
July 03, 1996

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New Zealand author of semi-autobiographical comic novels based on his image as a rugged outdoors man.

Crump worked for many years as a government deer-culler in areas of New Zealand native forest (termed "the bush"). He wrote his first novel, A Good Keen Man, in 1960, based on his experiences as a government hunter. It was a fictional account of a young hunter who has to suffer through a series of hunting partners who are often unsuitable for the job. This novel became one of the most popular in New Zealand history,

Crump died in 1996 of a suspected aortic aneurysm. At the time of his death he was living at Ohauiti with his fifth wife, Maggie.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 4,420 ratings · 463 reviews · 50 distinct worksSimilar authors
Wild Pork and Watercress

4.30 avg rating — 2,530 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions
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Good Keen Man

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1960 — 10 editions
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Bullock Creek (Collected St...

4.33 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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Gold and Greenstone

4.47 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Puha Road (Collected Storie...

4.30 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions
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Bastards I Have Met

3.74 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions
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Hang On A Minute Mate

3.96 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions
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A good keen girl

3.51 avg rating — 72 ratings2 editions
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Scrapwaggon

3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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The Life and Times of a Goo...

3.73 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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“Urewera Rain, it doesn't fall in drops like ordinary rain; it starts like a bucketful of marbles being tipped out on the roof and then it's a continuous stream of white lines, hissing and splashing into the bush, beating everything flat and keeping it there, bouncing spray off every surface.”
Barry Crump, Wild Pork and Watercress

“The Doughroaster resents the idea of people being able to stand on the top of a mountain without ever having been able to climb up there. Seems like cheating somehow.”
Barry Crump, Bullock Creek