Controversial book returned to store after ban lifted

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A controversial book is coming back to a Wellington store after being cleared from the banned list.

Bloody Mama was impounded by an Internal Affairs Department official from Book Haven in November.

The book, about the true story of the Barker family in 1930s America, was banned here in 1971, because of its themes of violence, crime and incest.

However the Department's reviewed the book and removed the ban.

Book Haven owner Don Hollander says he's very pleased to be getting the book back.

"One of the beauties of having a secondhand bookshop is you get to have discussions about all sorts of things and so we're going to have it framed and then we'll put it up on the wall," he says.