Wanted: The search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor Poverty ‘To call The Chimes striking

‘To call The Chimes striking is I dare say to underplay what might be the most distinctive debut of the decade

our narrator collects their stories and the saga of these three unlikely allies begins to come together

'Cerium' recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz

all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail

It chronicles Michael's grief at the death of his son Eddie from meningitis at the age of 19

Wanted: The search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor Poverty ‘To call The Chimes strikingMervyn Taylor wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer was one of the most celebrated New Zealand artists of the 1930s to 1960s. He was highly connected to modernism and nationalism as it was expressed in the New Zealand art and literature of the period. Between 1956 and 1964 he created twelve murals for major new government and civic buildings erected in that era of great economic prosperity, during which New Zealand first began to