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An Insular Possession
by
Timothy Mo
The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed, class, race, love and treachery set in Macao and Canton before and during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Nominated for England's prestigious Booker Prize.
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(first published 1986)
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There is an epic extended battle sequence towards the end of this book, told exhausingly from the POV of one of the main characters, that is one the top grandiose set ppieces I can remeber reading.
Powerful recreation of colonial life and times - which I read with great satisfaction when it came out, too long ago to remember more than an outline.
I found it quite hard to get into the story but very glad that I persevered. A good lens on the period in history with some gripping action.
Absolutely fabulous historical fiction about the beginnings of Hong Kong
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Timothy Peter Mo is an Anglo-Chinese novelist. H e is the son of a British mother and a Hong Kong Chinese father. He came to britain as a ten year old.
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