Bill Pearson’s only novel, Coal Flat, was published by Paul’s Book Arcade in 1963, with a cover illustration by Ralph Hōtere. Pearson was proud of the novel but felt the published version had been compromised by the necessity of closeting his main character, Paul Rogers – making him both heterosexual and less central – and giving the community of Coal Flat greater prominence.
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Paul's Book Arcade
by Tim Shoebridge
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