Presents an account of the author’s experience as a police officer in imperial Burma. This collection features the essays that include classics such as “My Country Right or Left”, “How the Poor Die” and “Such, Such were the Joys”, his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, and boys’ weeklies.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 400
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141187396
ISBN 10: 0141187395