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Peri Hoskins

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Peri Hoskins is a citizen of both Australia and New Zealand. He lives in Northland, New Zealand, where he writes and works as a court lawyer in his own legal practice. He enjoys, reading, writing, spending time on the coast, and travel. He is a spiritual person who has practised meditation for many years.

Peri Hoskins is a 'tell it like it is' writer. He deals head on with issues such as racism and misogyny. His writing is however entertaining in that he makes good use of humor. He does not do political correctness.

Peri Hoskins is the author of 'East - A Novel': a 1994 slice of life travelogue road odyssey set in Australia. This novel has been rated as 'highly recommended' by Midwest Book Review in the US.

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Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises

I have just re-read Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. I first read this novel in 1982. It was my first year of university. The book was part of my twentieth century literature course. I loved the book then. It introduced me to Hemingway’s spare and masculine prose. He wasted no words. And for me, like Hemingway, less was more. I also much enjoyed the second reading. In particular I liked the

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