A Child Who Is Used By The Adults Around Him In Their Warfare With One Another; An Unsuccessful Trainer Driven By His Racing Losses To A Desperate Expedient; A Retired Man Under Pressure To Sell His Home For Commercial Development; Middle-class Groups Who Feel Threatened By Non-conformists On The Fringe Of Their Society. Secondary Schools, Local Body Politics, Sport, Holidays, Small Business, Retirement, Marriage: These Stories Touch On Many Aspects Of New Zealand Life, And Treat Them With Sympathy And Subtlety. [this Is His] First Collection...--back Cover. The Widow.--a Sleeping Face.--the Losers.--schooldays.--eleventh Holiday.--the Champion.--down In The World.--a Retired Life.--the Hole In The Window.--right-hand Man.--a Glorious Morning, Comrade. By Maurice Gee. Bibliography: P. 200.