Telegram from Mandalay

This is the story of Will Cribb: an idyllic childhood, his father's early death, a mother's indifference, a ten-year banishment by his stepfather to boarding school thousands of miles away, and the shy boy's efforts to cope with the school's barefoot regime and tough bullies.However, this is no misery memoir. It is also about how the growing boy realises his dream of travelling to England — a coun...