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Mr Pip

Author(s): Lloyd Jones

Location(s): Bougainville Island

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

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A young girl is caught up in civil unrest on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Everyone who can, flees. Remaining is the only white man, who sets about teaching the children left on the island, and the only material he has is a well-worn copy of Great Expectations.

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