TY - JOUR T1 - The Crossing Fee: Iain Bamforth JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 206 LP - 207 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X665332 VL - 63 IS - 609 AU - Iain Bamforth Y1 - 2013/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/609/206.2.abstract N2 - Carcanet Press Ltd, 2013 PB, 80pp, £8.96 978-1847771438 In Wanam there was the one river the  colour of anthraciteand a smell straight out of the pickled-egg  jar,a warren of shops, gangways and a pub (the  sign read ‘Pap’)with its two waria owners offering sugary  refreshmentand a mind-blow. The whole yawning villagerested on planks above the sludge, with  ropes and laddersdescending to where the boats were  tethered,one marked ‘Bintang Laut’ and the other  ‘Polisi’.This was a town subdued to its elements,and they were one, and it was without  radiance, being toxic.Every fish in the sea seemed to be in the  Chinese processing plantback of town, ready … ER -