Hiroshima Joe: A NovelPicador, 2013 M10 8 - 304 pages One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 |
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... Leung's house , a building at the end of a narrow alleyway that was a cul - de - sac and therefore easily guarded ... Leung is waiting for me . ' ' Mr Leung wait for no one , ' replied the Chinese firmly and in English , stepping ...
... Leung's house , a building at the end of a narrow alleyway that was a cul - de - sac and therefore easily guarded ... Leung is waiting for me . ' ' Mr Leung wait for no one , ' replied the Chinese firmly and in English , stepping ...
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... Leung , how are you ? ' ' After all this time , you still don't call me Francis , ' replied the Chinese ironically . He had no trace of an accent : if anything , there was a slight American twang to his words . ' Francis , ' said ...
... Leung , how are you ? ' ' After all this time , you still don't call me Francis , ' replied the Chinese ironically . He had no trace of an accent : if anything , there was a slight American twang to his words . ' Francis , ' said ...
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... Leung sat on the settle and studied him intently . His glances seemed to be merely passing over his visitor but they were far from being that shallow . He was a shrewd observer of all that he saw : to have survived in his world for as ...
... Leung sat on the settle and studied him intently . His glances seemed to be merely passing over his visitor but they were far from being that shallow . He was a shrewd observer of all that he saw : to have survived in his world for as ...
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A Novel Martin Booth. this in the old days , during the war . Leung had said it just that way then , too . Of course , at that time they had been equals . ' It's in my coat . ' Leung snapped his fingers and the door guard , who must have ...
A Novel Martin Booth. this in the old days , during the war . Leung had said it just that way then , too . Of course , at that time they had been equals . ' It's in my coat . ' Leung snapped his fingers and the door guard , who must have ...
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... Leung . He had picked that word up in San Francisco , too . ' Sixty - five is the best I'll go . And only for old time's sake . ' Considering himself lucky , Sandingham nodded . Without waiting to be asked , for he knew the routine , he ...
... Leung . He had picked that word up in San Francisco , too . ' Sixty - five is the best I'll go . And only for old time's sake . ' Considering himself lucky , Sandingham nodded . Without waiting to be asked , for he knew the routine , he ...
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