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...practically unknown in the west; this, his bestselling 2002 debut Decoded, is the first of his novels to be translated into English....
...… Decoded: A Novel, by Mai Jia, translated by Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne, Allen Lane, RRP£18.99/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, RRP$26 Twelve years after it was published in China, this best-selling...
...Regarded in Westminster as a quiet, steady successor to Mr Blunkett, he is a former flatmate of Mr Milburn, of whom he is a close friend....
...He’s approaching voters boldly, not afraid to risk a personal encounter with a member of the public whose political persuasion is unknown....
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