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Mr Ponsonby

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Mr Ponsonby
AuthorIan Middleton
Cover artistMurray Grimsdale
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLyndon
Publication date
1989
Publication placeNew Zealand
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages160 pp
ISBN0-86470-028-8
OCLC21096645

Mr Ponsonby is the fourth novel from noted New Zealand author Ian Middleton, and is described as "his eulogy to a gentrifying Ponsonby".[1] He had an intimate connection with Ponsonby (a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand), where the book is set, beginning in 1942 and returning to live there in later life. It is the story of a man driven by greed, willing to destroy the character and nature of a lively, spirited community for the sake of a dollar. Mr Ponsonby "vividly recreates the atmosphere and characters of an Auckland suburb threatened by reconstruction"[2] and the clash between the proponents of progress, development and gentrification and the inhabitants of an established community with its own unique character.

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  1. ^ Latham, Alan (1 August 2003). "Urbanity, Lifestyle and Making Sense of the New Urban Cultural Economy: Notes from Auckland, New Zealand". Urban Studies. 40 (9). London: Routledge: 1714. doi:10.1080/0042098032000106564.
  2. ^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)