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Slow Boats to China

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Informationen zum Autor Gavin Young (1929-2001) was a journalist! writer! and briefly a member of MI6. As a journalist! he was most associated with the Observer ! being in the words of Mark Frankland's obituary 'a star foreign correspondent'. When disenchantment with journalism set in he turned to the writing of books. The two most famous ones are Slow Boats to China and its sequel Slow Boats Home . He himself had a particular affection for two later books In Search of Conrad (winner of the Thomas Cook Book Award) and A Wavering Grace . These and Beyond Lion Rock ! From Sea to Shining Sea ! Return to the Marshes and Worlds Apart are all being reissued in Faber Finds. Klappentext Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport the author! by slow boat! from Piraeus to Canton. This title presents his account that distills the people! places! smells! conversations! ships and history of the places he encountered. Zusammenfassung Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton.

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Authors Gavin Young, Young Gavin
Assisted by Gavi Young (Editor), Gavin Young (Editor)
Publisher Faber & Faber
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 16.04.2009
 
EAN 9780571251032
ISBN 978-0-571-25103-2
No. of pages 504
Dimensions 216 mm x 135 mm x 36 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945
Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales

South East Asia, Adventure; Documentary; Faber Finds; Travelogue

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