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"Evoke the nostalgic China of "old China hands," replete with rickshaws, coolies and singsing girls...satisfying accounts of the follies and foibles of the British diplomats and expatriates who stubbornly ignore the native culture and labor to create little enclaves of Chelsea and Soho in Asia" (Los Angeles Times)
"Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed" (Newsday)
"A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour" (New York Times)
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"Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed" (Newsday)
"A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour" (New York Times)
*A combination of classic Maugham observation and evocative travel writing. *'A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour, picturesque, stimulating to the imagination' - NEW YORK TIMES. *Part of Mandarin's Maugham publishing programme, with all his major work now available. *Beautiful new repackages *'The modern writer who has influenced me most' George Orwell.
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- PublisherKessinger Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1164286714
- ISBN 13 9781164286714
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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