The Guru of Jerusalem: In the shadow of James K Baxter

James K Baxter was arguably New Zealand's foremost creative poet, writer and playwright of the 20th century. It did not take me long to delve into the man's poetic genius and complexities of character that he once was. Baxter was the man of many talents who had been a gloomy youth of dysfunctional behaviour, a sex maniac, academic drop-out, odd jobs man, teacher of young children, once divorced, an uncontrollable alcoholic who ultimately became a most gifted counsellor of alcoholics, drug a...