Pyramid Asia

New Zealand author Ian Purdie first came to public attention with his song French Letter, a protest at French nuclear testing in the Pacific. The song was on high rotation on Australia's national public rock station Triple J for many months. French President Jaques Chirac did not thank the performers for their gift of a CD.

Pyramid Asia is Purdie's seventh book of comedy fantasy, the last two being Splatterpuss and The Book of Nasty.

An unruly child, he was deemed uncontrollable in the tiny remote town of Dargaville on the North Island. After being expelled from boarding school and becoming bored with law school he joined several rock and roll bands. A professional musician for many years, he has produced two albums with the band Lunar Sea Boatman. Greetings Earthlings captured late-night television attention and received international radio play while the follow-up album Lunarverse disappeared without trace.

He has lived a noisy life while continuing his eccentric production of work, dividing his time between Australia and Asia and between music and books.