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100 1 _aJames Hamilton-Paterson
245 1 _aPlaying With Water
260 _bNew Amsterdam Books
300 _a288 pages
520 _aJames Hamilton-Paterson spends a third of each year on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island, spear-fishing for survival. Playing with Water tells us why he does. Beyond that, it gives an account of life in that class-bound country as a whole. For it is in places like this rather than Manila of the international news reports that the underlying political and cultural reality of the Philippines may be seen.
650 _aHistory - Asia
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