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N URY V ITTACHI was born on Earth and still spends most of

his time there. He visits schools and tells stories to young

people, sometimes in languages they understand. He has

a thing about islands, and his favourites are Australia,

Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Britain and a nameless rock in the

South China Sea he got stranded on once. He is known in

China as Sam Jam, which means ‘Third Bus-stop’. His

greatest achievement in life has been to once laugh so

hard that he blew coffee three metres out of his nose.

First published in 2006

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Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Vittachi, Nury, 1958– .

Twilight in the land of nowhen.

ISBN 9781741149357.

ISBN 1 74114 935 5.

I. Title.

A823.4

Cover design by Heath McCurdy

Set in 11 on 14.5 pt Garamond by Midland Typesetters, Australia

Printed by McPherson’s Printing Group

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This book is dedicated to anyone who suffers

from shyness

Nury Vittachi - Twilight in the Land of Nowhen.pdf