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At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in 1952. This is his memoir of that youth, a time when he had access to corners of the colony normally closed to a gweilo, a "pale fellow" like him. From the plink plonk man with... read more

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First Sentence

FIFTY FEET BELOW, MY GRANDPARENTS STOOD SIDE BY SIDE.

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  1. Martin Booth (Author)
 

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