Keith Hill 
Out of the Way World Here Comes Humanity! 

‘Up-to-the-minute reportage on our fraught zeitgeist, conveyed with vitality and satirical humour.’ — Hugh Major

Ranging from an individual’s birth to the death of the planet, this urgent collection reflects back to us the perilous state of our world. Written by a fed up boomer determined to call out our collective stupidity, Out of the way world is simultaneously justifiably cynical, cavalierly mocking and bitingly realistic.

Picture humanity crammed into 

a gigantic kick-ass double cab ute 

burning through fossil fuel 

like there’s no tomorrow

our symbol of what’s important

— crucifix tractor Buddha furry kiwi

bullet dollar sign fluffy red dice —

bouncing under the rear-view mirror

as we drive like crazy

veering right then left 

indifferent to the roadkill …

‘Hauntingly on the nose. I love this collection. I think everyone should read it right now! Many lines bear rereading and copying for future quotation. I stopped making my list before the end and just enjoyed. It is wonderful!’ — Judith Hoch

‘New Zealand literature has no one quite like Keith Hill. Always surprising, a genuine original.’ — Roger Horrocks