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It is just over ten years ago since Burmese people rose up against their military government. The unarmed demonstrators were cut down, leaving more than five thousand people dead. ' Under the Dragon', is a brilliant evocation of contemporary Burma in which Rory Maclean travels from a decaying Rangoon to the heart of the golden triangle, seeking out the victims and perpetrators of the uprising. He rides with a hill-tribe warlord, shares tea with a government censor and is trapped into a karaoke evening with a group of singing Chinese businessmen. He meets the most courageous and principled woman of our age, Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned leader of the democratic opposition party. And on his journey, he unravels a paradox of selfless generosity and sinister greed in a country stitched together by love and fear.
“Rory Maclean is more than a gifted writer. He is a man whose artistry is underpinned by a powerful moral sensibility.”
FERGAL KEANE
“Shines with an almost unbearable poignancy ... a beautiful insight into this unhappy land.”
COLIN THUBRON, 'The Times'
“Beautifully crafted and poignant.”
ANTHONY SATTIN,'Sunday Times'
“I couldn’t put it down. It made me cry.”
SUE WHEAT, 'Guardian'
“A triumphant exploration of a country brutalised by dictatorship.”
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“Immensly impressive.”
JOHN BOORMAN
“A timely, fluent, passionate book which ought to be read by all who value the right of a courageous people to their freedom.”
JOHN PILGER
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