Season of the Jew

Maurice Shadbolt. David R. Godine Publisher, $12.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-87923-753-0

``Based on a gory series of skirmishes near Wellington between 1868 and 1869, this novel combines a knockout of a war story, a tour of as yet unexploited Maori country, an account of British imperialism and a portrait of native life and customs to create a vivid pageant of colonial New Zealand,'' praised PW . Illustrated. (Apr.)

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