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and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple and exciting terms

In Lessons from a Warzone

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First Loves Condition:Like New and tragedy to become aThe first 19 stories in the collection trace the countless experiences and escapades of Ah Leong, inextricably interwined with those of his family and friends. As the stories develop, Ah Leong comes of age, gets a job, falls in love, enlists in National Service, and learns, often with youthful ingenuity and zeal, how to sidestep some of life's complications. This book also includes two prizewinning stories: "Campfire" won 2nd prize in the 1983