Blogs in January 1970

Fields of Fire 1st January 1970

They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo – Death Before Dishonor – before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts...

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Survival in the Killing Fields 1st January 1970

Haing Ngor survived the labour camps of war-torn Cambodia. This is his life under the Khmer Rouge, an evocative and heart rending book about the descent of his country into hell. War slaves, execution squads, brutality beyond measure, squalor,...

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Edge of Light 1st January 1970

Taken prisoner by a ruthless group of anarchists deep in the Cambodian jungle, anthropologist Jocelyn Hewitt is isolated in a dark prison cell. Without chance of rescue. Or hope. Until the man in the next cell reaches out to...

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The Quiet American 1st January 1970

‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwan Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious ‘Third Force’....

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The Coroner’s Lunch 1st January 1970

The Dr Siri Paiboun series by Brit ex-pat Colin Cotterill has been joyously received, both for its humour, and its intriguing historical setting, in newly communist 1970s Laos. The books start when 72-year-old Siri is forced to become the...

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