Review
Graphic and moving tribute to the survival of the human spirit under the most inhumane conditions - Belfast Telegraph. Anthony Grey's story makes the grass grow greener - vivid and moving - Sunday Express. A book, in short, about a singular triumph of mind, one not to be missed - The Observer. A fascinating modern addition to the world library of historic prison stories - The Sunday Times.
Product Description
Peking, 18 August 1967: With many foreign embassies already battered and defaced in a wave of mindless xenophobia, a frenzied mob invades the home of the only British journalist in China at midnight, yelling: 'Hang Grey! Hang Grey!' Then instead of lynching him, they hang his cat in his face and hold him hostage in total isolation for 2 years. Beijing, 8 August 2008: Athletes and spectators from all the countries of the world gather for the planet's greatest four-yearly festival of friendship and peaceful rivalry - the Olympic Games. To this account of a harrowing ordeal which symbolises the troubled China of the late 1960s, Anthony Grey now adds his personal insights into how much the world's most populous country has changed since then -- and how his own life has also been profoundly altered and influenced by his China experience.
