DHHC, March 2016
David Coventry was born 1969. He lives and writes in Wellington, New Zealand. He has an Honours degree in English from Victoria University, and a BA in Literature and Religion. In 2010 he received a Masters in creative writing from Victoria’s International Institute of Modern Letters.
First published 2015 by Victoria University Press
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First published in the UK 2016 by Picador
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