Sons of a Good Keen ManBarry Crump the man, the myth, the father. 'Barry was never a father to me, but he did become a friend.' Martin Crump Barry Crump was a titan of New Zealand writing, his semi autobiographical novels about life as a rugged outdoorsman selling millions of copies. In his time, he was held up as the quintessential Kiwi bloke. He was also an unscrupulous brute, womaniser, alcoholic and absentee husband. And he was the father of six children all of them