On the Broken Shore - Softcover

James MacManus

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ISBN 10: 0007338600 ISBN 13: 9780007338603

Publisher: Harper, 2010

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About the Author:

James MacManus graduated from St Andrews Universityin Scotland in 1966 and has worked as a reporter andforeign correspondent for a number of national newspapersin the UK. He was the Paris correspondent,Africa Correspondent and then Middle East correspondentfor the Guardian between 1974 and 1986. Hejoined The Times in November 1992 as Assistant Editorand took over as Managing Editor in September 1996.He is now Managing Director of the Times LiterarySupplement. His first book, Ocean Devil, The Life andLegend of George Hogg, has been made into a majorfeature film called The Children of Huang Shi, directedby Roger Spottiswoode. On the Broken Shore is hisfirst novel.

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Praise for `Ocean Devil':'James MacManus, a seasoned foreign correspondent who discovered the story, has presented it with admirable clarity, illuminating both the contortions of the war in China and the strength of character of this young Englishman who persuaded everyone he met to behave as honourable as he did.'Daily Mail

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