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    Enduring rebel

    Jun 05, 2022 2 minutes
    by JEREMY REES

    MONKEY KING: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, by Wu Cheng’en, translated by Julia Lovell (Penguin, $50 hb)

    n the early 1980s, a Japanese TV serial, became a surprise cult hit on New Zealand television. It was raucous, oddly dubbed and broadcast just when students were emerging from a weekend

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