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The Birds Began to SingCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781923058439 Format: Trade paperback (UK) Year: 2025 Publisher: The Text Publishing Company Description: Godfrey applies skills drawn from TV detective shows to attempt to solve the mystery disappearance of a local gay bartender in 1960s NZ, while exploring his own sexuality. Reggie was still missing after five days, and Gladys Harris was saying things about him that quivered in my mind, which now, four years later, I see
Condition: BRAND NEWISBN: 9781923058439
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Description:
Godfrey applies skills drawn from TV detective shows to attempt to solve the mystery disappearance of a local gay bartender in 1960s NZ, while exploring his own sexuality.
Reggie was still missing after five days, and Gladys Harris was saying things about him that quivered in my mind, which now, four years later, I see as being that opening sentence leading me to this burden of what happened to Reggie Kingsley.
In the harbour city of New Plymouth in the 1960s there's a fizz of seedy sexuality beneath a veneer of respectability. Godfrey's world is the Balmoral Hotel his parents own, where visiting sailors drink and local fringe-dwellers congregate.
When Reggie, the openly gay barman, goes missing Godfrey senses something sinister. There's a prevailing attitude of inevitability. Godfrey doesn't get it, but he's hungry to understand. Guided by his daytime-television and pulp-fiction detective heroes and a very active imagination, he attempts to solve the mystery-in the process stumbling into his own sexual adventures and discovering a new-found power in a perplexing adult world.
The Birds Began to Sing delves into a world of shadows, nods and unspoken understandings with a warmth and humour that make this novel a delight.
PRAISE-
'A novel filled with humanity, warmth and humour.' Lloyd Jones
'Heartbreaking, hilarious and boldly written. A bona fide page-turner about the importance of living your own truth.' Nigel Featherstone
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★★★★★ 5
Ceramic nonstick cookware
Color: Linen Gray
Love the color. Works 😃
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Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Satisfied.
Color: Ivory
Clean looking, steady and heavy duty .
Very reasonably priced too.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Works Well, Easy to Clean, Just Watch Stove Temp
Color: Linen Gray
I bought this set to replace a stainless steel set I have after the nickel in the stainless steel cookware starting leeching into my food and causing some pretty severe reactions. I made sure to read the instructions that came with this ceramic-coated cookware before use, and made a note to not heat it on high - I have cast iron for that anyway.
I appreciate how light weight this cookware is, and how easy it is to clean with soap and water - I don't put my cookware in the dishwasher. So far it appears to work well making sauces, heating vegetables, cooking pasta, but I do have to plan a little extra time to get water to boil, of course.
One thought for the designers - it would be helpful if the lids fit more than 1 pot. It would be nice, for instance, for the large pot lid to fit the large skillet for sauces that need to simmer and/or reduce for a while.
Overall, this cookware is an extremely good value and I'd purchase it again.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great value, well made, but get the stainless ones for max performance on induction.
Color: Ivory
Good quality but they don't heat up as fast as the stainless steel amazon basics cookware i also have, my induction stove can boil water in less than 2 minutes with stainless, but the ceramic takes much longer, but still fast. I'm not sure of how much safer the ceramic is vs teflon pans, as ceramic is not a standardized thing. Overall i'm pleased and great value for the money
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Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Looks good and the non-stick is great.
Color: Ivory
I really like the look of this cookware. The non-stick is great and cleanup is easy. I do notice a few scrapes in the pans. I am very careful about the utensils I am use on them so not sure what happened. But it is not too bad and not a game changer. I would like lids for all the pans so I hope those are available for purchase. Overall I am pleased.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2026
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