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Carcanet Press Ltd, 2013 PB, 80pp, £8.96 978-1847771438 ![][1]</img> > > In Wanam there was the one river the > > > > colour of anthracite > > > > and a smell straight out of the pickled-egg > > > > jar, > > > > a warren of shops, gangways and a pub (the > > > > sign read ‘Pap’) > > > > with its two waria owners offering sugary > > > > refreshment > > > > and a mind-blow. The whole yawning village > > > > rested on planks above the sludge, with > > > > ropes and ladders > > > > descending to where the boats were > > > > tethered, > > > > one marked ‘Bintang Laut’ and the other > > > > ‘Polisi’. > > > > This was a town subdued to its elements, > > > > and they were one, and it was without > > > > radiance, being toxic. > > > > Every fish in the sea seemed to be in the > > > > Chinese processing plant > > > > back of town, ready … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
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