From 1994 to 2000, Charlie Boxer wrote and published a series of history magazines for teenagers called Orange Blossom Special, on subjects ranging from the courtiers of medieval Japan to American railroad bums. His first novel, The Cloud of Dust, was published in 2002 by Jonathan Cape, and is now available in Vintage paperback.
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