David McGill has shaped 63 books out of a lifetime of notetaking. This 64th
book is about what triggered his books and how he transformed raw notes into
marketable publications, including selling out two of his six memoirs following
appearances on the Kim Him radio programme, his bestselling six collections
of Kiwi slang and social histories such as those on New Zealand ghost towns,
Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington harbour and the country’s ethnic minorities.
From Little Oneroa to John o’ Groats and challenging spots between, this exseminarian
innocent abroad, a sort of modern-day Candide, provides answers
for why Peter O’Toole threw whisky in his face; his wife Sian Phillips gave him
a ride in her chocolate brown Rolls Royce; Joan Collins said yes or no 32 times;
Alec Guinness threatened with a killer dog; Jimi Hendrix played his last gig to
a very few including him; the Methodist minister said it is nothing as the plane
lost power over Israel; the Irish policewoman said keep walking; the Scottish
policewoman said run like hell; The Niš Police dismisseth him with money;
Kim Hill proposed on National Radio; Prime Minister Muldoon said ‘Whadya
want?’; Roger Hall and he played hall soccer.