Blowing my top

" 'You think New Zealanders are freedom lovers? Forget it. Scratch our skins andv discover a nation of conformists, yes-men and bullies. Our favourite political posture is bending over to offer our backsides, so our rulers can present their policies to us on the end of a hobnailed boot.' So speaks Darby Fulljames, bankrupt entrepreneur and commentator, looking back to the times in which this book is set. This ... novel is Kevin Ireland's ... take on New Zealand's annus horribilis, the year of the Great Waterfront Lockout, 1951. ..."--Back cover.