{"product_id":"last-living-cannibal-the","title":"Last Living Cannibal, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuru is not revenge. Muru is about balance. You put your hands on one of theirs and they had every right to take from you and yours whatever they meant to take, short of a life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAotearoa in the 1940s, and the Māori men of Taranaki have refused to join the Māori battalion because of the severity of their land confiscations. Koko is the oldest man in the village, a legend within his community - he's lived through the land wars, Parihaka, imprisonment in Dunedin, and they whisper of him as the Last Living Cannibal. Koko dotes on his grandson Blackie, who has lived with him ever since Blackie's mum left in troubling circumstances years earlier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the ghosts of the past are bound to come calling, and when they do, they come with muru in mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichly set in Taranaki during the 1940s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Living Cannibal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the epitome of a classic Aotearoa novel, from one of this generation's most promising writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buy-links\" class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44369452826658,"sku":"9781869718312","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/PET-Web-format---2025-10-04T113952-772.jpg?v=1759531222","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/last-living-cannibal-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}