Slow Boats to China

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Author	: Gavin Young
Publisher	: Faber & Faber
Total Pages	: 565
Release	: 2016-02-04
ISBN-10	: 9780571324460
ISBN-13	: 0571324460
Rating	: 4/5 (60 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Slow Boats to China by : Gavin Young

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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