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John Harris: The Trial of Maximo Bonga: The Story of the Strangest Guesthouse in South East Asia [2015] paperback CLASS NEW STATESMANThere was someone standing further along the beach, facing out to sea. An old man dressed in I blinked battle fatigues? Second World War U. S. by the looks of the helmet. I looked on for a moment, squinting into the sun streaked coconut smoke. `You won't like Bonga's Guest House, I can tell you now. Maximo Bonga' said the fisherman's wife. She was lost for words, shaking her head. `Maximum Bongo?' I asked.`Bonga,' she said. `It means flamboyant.'