Excitement is rare in the small town of Marumaru, New Zealand. So when a young Maori man arrives ont he morning train one day in 1903--announcing the imminent visit of a famous strongman--the entire town turns out to greet him, save one, Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser. He is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches an extravagant plan to make his name and thwart his rival, the silent and gifted Carpenter.

Adult,Brodart.