WAR OF THE WORDS
Saturday in November and Wellington is windy, no surprises there. It’s also cold and wet, beneath a grey sky. But only 45 minutes away is another world. Featherston, on the other side of the Remutaka Ranges, is bright, hot, even humid. The residents are wearing shorts and jandals. Thankfully, the town has several places that can always be counted on to be a cool and dim refuge from the sun: second-hand book shops. A few years back, there was only the one,
