Enjoyed every minute of this tale of two boys struggling through their re-education period in communist China. I appreciated that their adventures were presented as a sort of "Huckleberry Finn" story, with various episodes, rather than a political piece. My sensation was that boys will be boys.
They got into all sorts of tricky situations, and got themselves out of them, all part of growing up in spite of their restrictive environment. The last two chapters were a bit disconnected with the rest, but not disturbingly so. I enjoyed the writing style as well, the descriptions of the various characters were very well detailed. The ending left me a bit up in the air, wondering about their futures, but also trying to understand if this was a message. All in all, I would recommend it and I would re-read it.
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