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Arrival 1946

Arrival 1946, Moniza Alvi, 'The boat docked in at Liverpool. From the train Tariq stared at an unbroken line of washing from the North West to Euston. These are strange people, he thought - an Empire, and all this washing, the underwear, the Englishman's garden. It was Monday, and very sharp.'

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