A Harry Rejekt Novel.
Harry Rejekt, the central character of 'Tomorrow Tastes Better', is a genius of the mundane. As he journeys about in Tirau and the South Waikato, for work, for pleasure, or in the hope of meeting a fabulous hitchhiker, Harry makes the New Zealand countryside seem as exotic as Machu Picchu in Peru, his ideal destination.
Harry is a dreamer, completely without guile, and takes the world at face value. What he really seems to need is a good woman and a steady job. The comedy springs from Harry wanting adventure, an exalted kind of female companionship (an "elusive, poetry-loving vision" he names Rosamund Wholeheart) and freedom from wage slavery. Not since Barry Crimp's Sam Cash has there been as strong a character from heartland New Zealand as Harry Rejekt.
Harry's world is recognisably our own - he's a genuine Kiwi bloke. But everything he's involved with is just a little odd or off-kilter. 'Tomorrow Tastes Better' is humorous, quirky and filled with optimism. It's a heartwarming book about a man who simply views the world in a slightly different way from the rest of us.
