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"The mistake people make is assuming they’re in control of their lives."
So says a mysterious storyteller in Nepal who offers to help a young adventurer with his quest for enlightenment. The young man unwittingly alters the life of an ambitious TV journalist in Hong Kong, and their paths converge on Beijing during the crest of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests.
ZOOM OUT charts the intersecting journeys of a driven young woman and a lost young man; journeys that wind through Asia, addiction and occasional absurdity.
"[Maize] ... has a pleasingly cynical eye. It's apleasure to for once to read a book in which the city and it's people are reported accurately, if not too favourably." -- South China Morning Post
"The penetrating portrayal of life in Asia keeps the pages turning" -- HK Magazine
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Review: The Asian Review of Books
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 The Honey Gatherers
Mimlu Sen
The classic groupie memoir involves a rebellious rich kid from the suburbs who gets caught up in a world of sex, drugs and rock and roll and lives to tell the tale. Mimlu Sen fits the wealthy and rebellious stereotype, and her story certainly... [ Read full review ] |
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