Gadfly: The Life and Times of James Shelley

Auckland University Press, New Zealand, 1993. Crease to cover along bottom edge.

In this biography of the Director of Broadcasting in the 1930s and 1940s, Ian Carter gives a sense of Shelley's multi-faceted character, of his dynamism and his view of himself as a grand actor on the stage of life. He also offers insights into the country's cultural life between the wars.