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This is the author's first novel.
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Please be informed that
it is intended only to entertain.
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It is not suitable for children,
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or for persons with
strong religious convictions.
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Does anyone remember when exactly...
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...they first became
aware of the world?
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The first image
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they consciously remember?
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I'm sure that very few do
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But believe it or not...
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I'm one of them
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This was my first image
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My name is Jan Dara
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I was born in the centre of Bangkok
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I was given my first name...
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...by the man I called "Father"
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I gave myself my family name
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It was the name of my late mother
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Believe it or not, when I was born...
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...just after the midwife
pulled me from the womb...