‘Jukebox killer’ hanging novel wins top literary prize for Fiona Kidman
Book is based on the execution of Paddy Black at Mt Eden prison in 1955.
Nevil Gibson Wed, 15 May 2019
Leading novelist Dame Fiona Kidman won a tight contest with three of her peers for the $53,000 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
The judges described This Mortal Boy (Penguin Random House), based on events leading to the hanging of ‘jukebox
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