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'Egg on Mao' Praises a Truly Brave Iconoclastnew

With the publication of Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Denise Chong has revived interest in the moral heroism of Lu Decheng and his friends Yu Zhijian and Yu Dongyue.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  10-19-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Denise Chong, Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Lu Decheng, Yu Dongyue, Yu Zhijian, China, history, nonfiction, Mao Zedong

Padma Viswanathan Revives India's Divided Pastnew

On reading a particularly heartbreaking chapter from Viswanathan's intricate family saga, the first-time novelist's aged grandmother took to her bed, feeling upset and perhaps even betrayed.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  04-14-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: novel, British Imperialism, castes, independence, India, Padma Viswanathan, The Toss of a Lemon

Spider Robinson: Collaboration Stationnew

He tends to surround himself with gifted minds to make his fiction more realistic.
The Georgia Straight  |  Alexander Varty  |  05-25-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spider Robinson, Variable Star

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