Can anyone help Craig Raine with this one ? If you are emailing to him
direct, would you be kind enough to copy to the mailbase so that all know
whether an answer has been found !
Best regards to all, John R
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "John Radcliffe" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:23 PM
> Dear John, I wonder if you can help me now. In the next issue of
> Arete, I'll be publishing an anthology of RK's motoring diaries, extracts
> edited by Julian Barnes (whose piece you will have seen in the Guardian
Review).
> There is a reference to RK's seeing (after the War) Chinamen by the road.
> Julian thinks these are real Chinamen, remnants of the War effort. I
thought
> they may be something less literal - concrete gun emplacements, perhaps,
> with slits to fire from... You don't happen to know by any chance?
> Best Wishes,
> Craig
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