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Originally Posted by piperclassique
It was a dead tree book. From the Land of Green Ghosts, by Pascal Khoo Thwe. I read it at home, but didn't want to carry it so didn't take it with me on holiday, then I bought a second copy to read while I was away in Myanmar. Apparently it was banned there until quite recently. He doesn't pull any punches about the regime that he lived under.
It's a wonderful book. I brought the second copy home with me and read it again on the flight home.
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Originally Posted by issybird
I admit it; I'm tickled. And delighted. Because as I recall, I suggested this to you when you were compiling your list of books for your trip. I had forgotten I had read this as a DTB until you couldn't find it in ebook.
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Thanks very much to you both. I hadn't heard of this book, looked it up, and immediately placed an order for it.