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Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Good man, C.
Have you read this one? I'd listened to the first episode last week, and with the glw asleep I wanted something to listen to in bed last night. Thought I'd just listen to one for 15 mins, as opposed to a 30 or 45 min programme. I listened to all 9 remaining episodes.
Burmese Days is great, too. But then the main character getting on better with the native doctor than the other colonists, and having an interest in the local culture, unlike them, obviously appeals to me.
Btw, you know Road to Wigan Pier? They originally only published the first part, the reportage of his travels, not the 2nd, his analysis, because they couldn't bear him saying the working class were smelly.
I thought this ID-politics denial of reality was a new thing. But 85 years ago, the idiotic lefties were already doing it. You can't tell the truth about a minority, even if that truth proves they are victims of society's iniquity. It's insane. How can you make things better for the poor if you refuse to accept there are any problems?
) is one of the things that endears dear old Eric to me. He was an instinctive snob, but was able to overcome his distaste sufficiently to be able to live among them and understand their situation. That in itself is admirable.
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