Batshit Seven tolan six children explore the scorched

six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village

and what happened to the soldiers who returned

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Batshit Seven tolan six children explore the scorchedGlen Wu is drifting. Back in Hong Kong after years away, hes teaching ESL with zero passion, hungover half the time, and high the rest. As the city seethes with unresttear gas in the streets, protestors disappearing overnightGlen numbs himself with weed, fights with his dealer, and philosophical rants about colonial trauma and Frantz Fanon. But the cracks are widening. His sisters coping by marrying rich and fleeing the country. His ex keeps stealing