Bøger af Charles Ferrall

Delves into the murder trial of musician Eric Mareo and provides a glimpse into attitudes in New Zealand in the 1930s. Examined are Mareo's conviction for the murder of his actress wife and questions surrounding the legitimacy of the trial and the star witness, Freda Stark, who had been having an affair with Thelma Mareo at the time of her death.

Argues that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of 'storm and stress'.