Author: MAARTMAN, BEN
Title: The Iron Bowl Blues - the Frolics and Torments of Two Canadians Floundering Around in the Great Iron Bowl of Chinese Bureaucracy Plus Other Peeks Behind the Bamboo Curtain
Description: Errington, BC, Canada: Fogducker's Press, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 096940400x. Illustrated by Harding, Blanche (illustrator). 172 pages. Recounts author's experiences in China whilst teaching English with his wife on a voluntary basis. "I was like the ancient mariner; under a terrible compulsion to stop western travellers and tourists and hold them by the lapel as I babbled off all the iniquities of the monstrous oriental madhouse.... "What is it like to experience waiting to be executed? It is lastingly horrifying even by vicarous experience. Believe me." But don't worry, there were lighter moments as well! Author won the Brissendon Scholarship for creative writing at the University of British Columbia.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; POETRY POETIC WORKS AUTHOR GENERAL Travel Journal Humour Humor Maartman, Ben The Iron Bowl Blues - The Frolics and Torments of Two Canadians Floundering Around in the Great Iron Bowl of Chinese Bureaucracy plus Other Peeks Behind the Bamboo Curtain Studen; Signed by Author(s). Very Good .

Keywords: 096940400x Asia