The Shipbreakers ›
Now re-re-reading. Oh man, Langewiesche is one of the best writers around.
tetw:
by William Langewiesche
At Alang, in India, on a six-mile stretch of oily, smoky beach, 40,000 men tear apart half of the world’s discarded ships, each one a sump of toxic waste. Environmentalists in the West are outraged. The shipbreakers want to be left alone - and maybe they should be.
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This looks interesting! I read Paulo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker and thought it was a construct he made up for the...
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Now re-re-reading. Oh man,...best writers around.
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by William Langewiesche At Alang, in India, on a six-mile stretch of oily, smoky beach, 40,000 men tear apart half of...
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