The Book of Fame (18 page)
Closer to home, many hours were spent in the tiny kitchen of the Rugby Museum in Palmerston North combing through players’
mementoes and Billy Wallace’s album. I am tremendously grateful to the Rugby Museum’s Bob Luxford for both his interest and professional help in locating material and for keeping me topped up with tea and biscuits. Similiarly I want to thank Ron Palenski for lending me his copy of George Dixon’s diary, a blow-by-blow account of the matches played on tour; and the staff at the Hocken Library who unearthed Billy Stead’s scrapbooks. I would also like to thank my agent Michael Gifkins and publisher Geoff Walker.
L
LOYD
J
ONES
was born in New Zealand in 1955. His books include
Biografi
, a
New York Times
Notable Book,
Choo Woo, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, Paint Your Wife
, and
Hand Me Down World
. His novel,
Mister Pip
, has been sold to thirteen countries and won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. He lives in Wellington.
