Until I was 14 I had my own houseboy to fetch and carry, pump my bike, pick up my dirty socks, writes Rhodesian-born novelist Leon Whiteson

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Until I was 14 I had my own houseboy to fetch and carry, pump my bike, pick up my dirty socks, writes Rhodesian-born novelist Leon Whiteson

Date5/17/1978

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Bezant, Graham (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Until I was 14 I had my own houseboy to fetch and carry; pump my bike; pick up my dirty socks; writes Rhodesian-born novelist Leon Whiteson.

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Authors and Playwrights

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Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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