Non-fiction, Memoir
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Follow the true story of two young yet disparate Brits as they venture east to
Hong Kong to join the colonial police out there. Initially bought-in to the
adventure, bright lights and the hedonistic pleasures of the Exotic East, Alan
and Bob are thrown into a world somewhat divergent to the picture painted
whilst under training. They begin to butt heads with corruption, colonial
excess, privilege and protectionism and run into connivers, skivers and
survivors.
The story follows the two young, relatively naive men along their journey from
their eight-month police training to their posts as policemen. It is filled
with colourful incidents and exotic tales, with liberal doses of tongue in
cheek humour and literary licence thrown in, you’ll scarcely believe what they
encountered.
About the Author
 Victor Blair is a well-travelled, humorous, rather overly-free spirited
‘baby booming’ Brit, who is luckily still imbued with an energy
belying his years, so hence the slightly provocative gesture above, showing
him probably disagreeing with something or someone, yet again… our
apologies! He has worn ‘many different hats’ in UK banking, and in
a host of overseas appointments, including ten years in the colonial Hong Kong
Police Force, the tourism sector in Asia, and subsequently in worldwide oil
and gas exploration and logistics, and finally, engineering consultancy. An as
yet unappreciated comedic wit and poet, with a bright, if latent, creative
spark, and with early roots in Gloucestershire and Africa. He is now
semi-retired in north Thailand, where he busies himself with his sugar cane
plantation, scripting away at night time, and as the patriarch of his local
wife’s ever-increasing, extended family.
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