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Murray Sayle

Murray Sayle is a veteran foreign correspondent who has been living in Japan.

Selected bibliography

  • The Myth of Hiroshima (1999)

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In the LRB archive

subscriber-only content Diary: The Makiko and Junichiro Show · 17 October 2002

Bloody Sunday Report · 11 July 2002

Why the bastards wouldn’t stand and fight · 21 February 2002

  • China and the Vietnam Wars 1950-75 by Qiang Zhai
  • None so Blind: A Personal Account of the Intelligence Failure in Vietnam by George Allen
  • No Peace, No Honour: Nixon, Kissinger and Betrayal in Vietnam by Larry Berman

After George W. Bush, the Deluge · 21 June 2001

  • The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming by David Victor
  • Managing the Planet: The Politics of the New Millennium by Norman Moss

Japan goes Dutch · 5 April 2001

In the Tart Shop · 5 October 2000

  • The Masterpiece: Jørn Utzon, a Secret Life by Philip Drew
  • Jørn Utzon: The Sydney Opera House by Françoise Fromonot, translated by Christopher Thompson

Not currently in the LRB archive

 not available in archive The Vulgarity of Success · 7 May 1998

  • Eric Shipton: Everest and Beyond by Peter Steele

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