{"product_id":"hastings-a-boys-own-adventure-hardcover","title":"Hastings: A Boy's Own Adventure - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDick Frizzell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'If I'd been asked to vote on it I would've said I'd landed at the centre of the universe. Standing on our corner of Sylvan Road and Victoria Street, with Te Mata Peak, the Tukituki River and the mad wilderness of Windsor Park to the back of me and the distinctly nonwilderness of Cornwall Park and the misty vista of the Ruahines in front of me, I was the master of all I could barely survey.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis charming memoir by one of New Zealand's best-known painters is a love letter to his home town, Hastings, and the weirdly innocent world of the 1950s and early 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDick Frizzell MNZM is one of New Zealand's best-known painters. He studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1960 to 1963 and then had a long career in advertising. Alongside his career as a painter, Frizzell is also the highly sought-after designer of a range of products from toys to wine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDick Frizzell: The painter\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House, 2009), \u003ci\u003eIt's All About the Image\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House, 2011), \u003ci\u003eMe, According to the History of Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Massey University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Is a Star\u003c\/i\u003e (Massey University Press, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eThe Dance of the Hooligans\u003c\/i\u003e (David Ling Publishing, 2023). Dick exhibits regularly and often works in collaboration with writers and other artists. He lives in Auckland with his wife, Jude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153306910783,"sku":"9781991016935","price":49.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/wCYG9eBik29781991016935.webp?v=1776946109","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/hastings-a-boys-own-adventure-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}