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Chris Murray

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Dublin, Ireland

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Nonfiction, Memoir, Travel

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Peter Hessler
Donna Tartt
Jung Chang
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August 2018

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Growing up in Dublin, Ireland, Chris Murray developed a passion for Chinese martial-arts. He has more than twenty years’ experience in a variety of Chinese disciplines. Crippled Immortals is about finding the true arts behind the certificates and club t-shirts when Chris lived in Singapore. Nowadays Chris lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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On Thursday, 30 August we had our Singapore Launch at Books Actually. Deep thanks to Jeremy Fernando for his inspiring words. It was great to connect with old friends and to make new ones, including practitioners from other schools.

Many readers of this book have never tried martial arts. Already some people are getting in touch to ask where they can try Wuzuquan and other Chinese

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This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience

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