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One of those Blighters

Television (Full Length) – 1982

He couldn’t talk the local booksellers into stocking his books... All the time when he was a kid he was surrounded by books.The one thing he wanted was books on a library shelf, to show he was a real writer.
– Les Fenner (Martyn Sanderson) on Morrieson
I hope I'm not another one of those poor buggers who get discovered when they're dead.
– Quote attributed by Ronald Hugh Morrieson, inspiring the title of One of those Blighters
If Charles Dickens had been born in backblock New Zealand in the 20th century, he might well have written The Scarecrow or for that matter Came a Hot Friday.
– The priest (Terence Cooper) quoting Australian reviews of Morrieson’s work.