'To match the variety of forms and the exuberance of the language, the characters tumble out at you, energetically grabbing hold of your imagination. Sometimes mysterious, allusive, reflective, sometimes jaunty, rollicking, careless . . . and sometimes tugging you fearfully towards a world you'd rather not enter, then making you glad you did.' -Renee, Broadsheet (1986)  'An extraordinarily rich experience of the natural world. That this experience often includes unforgettable images of danger implicates the threat with wonder, the bleak vision with the garrulous humour-a tone inimitably Keri Hulme's.' -Ian Wedde, New Zealand Listener (1986)    'Te Kaihau|The Windeater invites you to be a risky reader. You won't be disappointed.' -Harry Ricketts, Dominion (1986)