Spies Like Us

by Hugh Lunn

What do you do in the swinging 60s when you've got a great job as a reporter, and the car to match - a Sunbeam Alpine - but lost your love? Bestselling ABC Books author Hugh Lunn went to China on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, blundered into Red China, and then fell in love again. Armed only with Banjo Patterson ballads, and an artificial sheepskin coat, he soon learnt that life is not all cricket and cheongsams. 'It's a ripper' - Ian 'Macca' McNamara 'It's a winner' - WEEKEND AUStRALIAN 'It's a knockout' - DAILY tELEGRAPH

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

352 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mark Morton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was expecting so much more from this book. It sells itself by advertising the fact that the author visited China on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, however, 2/3rds of the book talks about the time he lived in Hong Kong prior to this.

Downs come close to my favourite travel book on China, China Road by Rob Gifford (noted however that they are based in different eras).

[Katie Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give this 3 stars for the awesome Spies Like Us song at the beginning and end of every track of the audiobook version. Other than that, I think the writer was very immature and self-aggrandizing. Fletch seemed like an interesting person though...