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Story: Cross, Ian Robert

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A black and white, head and shoulders portrait of Ian Cross in middle age, photographed in profile looking pensively off to the left.

Ian Cross

Ian Cross as a young man, seated, in a suit jacket and tie, facing the camera.

Aspiring novelist

A photograph of a hard cover book, with a red and yellow dustwrapper picturing drawings of a boy with a bicycle, a seated man, and a standing woman holding a handbag.

The God boy

Ian Cross, seated at a table with a newspaper in front of him, with a television camera trained on the newspaper.

On camera

A colour poster showing a boy in school uniform standing on a beach, arms outstretched.

The God boy adapted

Ian Cross in old age, standing on a beach with the ocean and Kāpiti Island in the background.

In retirement