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Wine writer Michael Cooper has recently released 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (Hodder Moa, $34.99)
The book I love most is ... Maurice Shadbolt's Season Of The Jew. The greatest of all NZ historical novels, it was rated by the New York Times as one of the best books of
1987. John Steinbeck's East of Eden has a similarly panoramic sweep.
The book I'm reading right now is ... Encircled Lands by Judith Binney. This magisterial account of Tuhoe's battle to retain authority over Te Urewera is New Zealand history at its greatest - detailed, analytical, compelling.
The book I'd like to read next is ... The Fatal Shore, Robert Hughes' epic about Australia's convict past.
My favourite bookshop is ... Borders in Queen St.
