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Dragon House

Dragon House

Author(s): John Shors

Location(s): Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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This book focuses on Qui and Tam, the granddaughter, who is dying of leukemia, and the story of Mai and Minh, two children under the dubious “protection” of an opium-fiend named Loc.
Iris picks up where her father left off – he had hoped to set up a centre for Vietnamese street children but died before he could achieve this, and Noah, a childhood friend and Iraqi war veteran, decides to accompany her.

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It is clear that John Shors had done his research into the cultural sights, sounds and morays of Vietnam. IT is great for getting a feel for Vietnam, a wowswer! – Chet Soames –...

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