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What does the fortunate visitor feel, travelling among the betrayed? The memory of a brief visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean for years. A decade after the violent suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives and all hopes for democracy, he seized the chance to return. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he hears stories of freedom fighters, government censors, basket weavers, farmers and lovers - ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world. He also meets Aung San Suu Kyi, perhaps the most courageous woman of our time and the embodiment of all Burma s hope. On his journey MacLean exposes the tragedy of a hundred betrayals, giving voice to those too frightened to speak for themselves. In so doing he illuminates a land of paradoxes woven together like a basket: love and hate, faith and hopelessness, freedom and slavery, kindness and cruelty, selflessness and greed. 'Under the Dragon' is a perceptive and heartbreaking portrayal of contemporary Burma, a country that is shot through with desperation and fear, but also blessed - even in the darkest places - with beauty and courage.

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'A work of great political commitment, powered above all by the authors outrage at the injustices, brutalisation and mass violation of human rights that he witnessed in Burma. Yet for all its pain, 'Under the Dragon' is a beautiful book. It remains his masterpiece; and in the light of the continuing tragedy in Burma is now more relevant than ever.' --William Dalrymple

'Exceptional insight and sensitivity, beautifully crafted and poignant... Maclean is a maverick among travel writers, his talent is multifaceted... Until the Burmese are free to determine their own lives then the pages of this wonderful book are as close as I will be getting to Burma.' --Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times

'Shines with an almost unbearable poignancy...a beautiful insight into this unhappy land...a book which marvellously extends the conventional confines of travel writing.' --Colin Thubron, The Times
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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.”
INDEPENDENT

“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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  • PublisherI B Tauris & Co Ltd
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1845116224
  • ISBN 13 9781845116224
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages240
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