Stranger in a strange land

Memoir

Phil Brown

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Published 20070202
ISBN: 9780733320569
Extent: 280 pp
Paperback (234 x 153mm)

YOU DON’T LOOK Chinese,” said one of a small group of boys who had encircled me.

“I’m not,” I said, stating the obvious.

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