Published: 1983, spiral press Genre: Fiction Themes: Maori culture, domestic violence, alcoholism, spiritualism, family My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤ The Bone People by Keri Hulme is a unique book that many critics hate, but countless people buy and read over and over again. It took twelve years of work to put together, as the original short story evolved into quite a thick book, and three publishers rejected it before the small New Zealand publisher, Spiral, took it on. Keri Hulme knew that her writing style did not conform to the norm, but she was determined not to allow her work to be cut about by an editor, because she had created something that was personal to her. Earlier today I read a Guardian review of the book that described the writing as 'terrible' and the reviewer did not care for the 'mystic bo****ks' that come into the later chapters. I hope the review did not deter too many potential readers. After all the difficulty in getting the book published, i...