Slow Boats to China

Slow Boats to China
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 565
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ISBN-10 : 9780571324460
ISBN-13 : 0571324460
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Slow Boats to China by : Gavin Young

Download or read book Slow Boats to China written by Gavin Young and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey teemed with excitement, adventure and colour. Gavin Young's account memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in what is his most famous book. The sequel, Slow Boats Home, is also reissued in Faber Finds .


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