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All the Tea in China (Paperback)

by Kyril Bonfiglioli (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Black Spring Press Ltd; New edition edition (29 Oct 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0948238151
  • ISBN-13: 978-0948238154
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 541,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This picaresque tale is set in 1840s London, India, China and Africa on an opium clipper on the high seas. Karli Van Cleef arrives in London under a cloud and embarks on a journey on the clipper, taking him through dark and dangerous adventures.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully nasty, 16 Oct 2001
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Every bit as funny, grotesque, charming, cynical and daring as the Mortdecai Trilogy, this rip-roaring historical tale of an ancestor of the Hon Charlie's adventures in the opium trade is absolutely perfect. A real long-lost classic.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As funny as boiled ice, 29 Jun 2000
Well, I must say this fellow wrote too few books and those he finished are hidden gems. Jewels that could have travelled on the same boats from the exotic locations he describes. If you enjoy fun, food and tireless language read it. What I wonder is the collective noun for words. I know! A concussion of words!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great verve, lots of humour, and dark moments too. A classic., 7 Nov 2007
This book is definitely one of the ten books I would take to a desert island.
It is a book centered on a personal journey... but it plays on two levels: it is the inner journey of self discovery and rites of passage into manhood of our main character, and it is also a tongue in cheek tale of travel and adventure. A kind of Heart of darkness with more heart and less darkness.
The book reminds us of the stuff empires thrived on: commerce without a heart, people who are larger than life, emotional friendships, self mockery, debauchery, selfishness, peril where you least expect it, redemption when you least expect it, and lots of carefree energy. All this conveyed in a racy yet delightful style.
The reader will be jumping from cockney dinners to life at sea, from the cobbled streets of London to the exotic shores of Asia, from dealing in fine porcelain to the opium trade, in a narrative flow that makes it hard to put the book down.
A classic. I only wish the author had written more books.
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