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Richard Mason

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in Manchester, The United Kingdom

May 16, 1919

died

October 13, 1997

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male

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Literature & Fiction

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Richard Mason was a British novelist. Born near Manchester, he was educated in Dorset, then worked first on a film magazine and later for the British Council. The Second World War gave him a chance to learn Japanese and he became an interrogator of prisoners of war.

As an author Mason wrote The Wind Cannot Read which was finished during the Burma Campaign; The Shadow and the Peak (filmed as Passionate Summer, starring Dirk Bogarde); and The Fever Tree, a story of espionage set in India and Nepal.

His experiences while living in Hong Kong inspired him to write The World of Suzie Wong. This was adapted into a Broadway p...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 244 ratings · 35 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	Suzie Wong 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1957 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wind Cannot Read 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suzie Wong 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suzie Wong (Book, #2) by Richard Mason, Is Daulay (Translator) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suzie Wong (Book, #1) by Richard Mason, Is Daulay (Translator) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	shadow and the peak 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1950	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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