To Each His Own Author:Philip Temple In the icy winter before the Wall comes down, New Zealand historian Martin Stephenson goes to Berlin. He tells his wife and son that he is undertaking research for a book about German explorers. But his real purpose is much deeper an exploration of himself. Through a tumultuous love affair, he confronts the guilt that continues to afflict two na... more »tions and comes to terms with his own. Philip Temple writes with insight and an honesty of purpose that is rare in contemporary fiction. In To Each His Own he has produced a powerful and truly international novel that departs from the traditional concerns of New Zealand literature, yet speaks to us, movingly, of family, of history, of culture.« less