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Obama's Shenzhen-based brother publishes novel

This report from Reuters does not say where the novel will be published. U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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