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Book Review: An Elephant on Your Nose

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Dec 14, 2018
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When I first saw this book by Warren Reed, a onetime Australian spy and my former colleague in Tokyo diplomatic circles, I was intrigued by its unusual title. It is actually an old Malay proverb, meaning that someone can see a louse as far away as China but is unaware of the elephant on his or her nose. The saying sits nicely in the story, where it is u…

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