The Nine Dragons

by Justin Scott

As Hong Kong prepares to return to communist China, Victoria MacKintosh struggles to save her father's Hong Kong-based company amid the upheaval and falls in love with a Eurasian man

Genres: Fiction

457 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Also writes as Justin Scott, Paul Garrison, J.S. Blazer, and Alexander Cole.

Reviews

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm torn between giving this a three or a four because truth is... I loved this book. A lot. It was so fascinating to0 read.

Here's the thing: I didn't understand half of it. Honestly, my mind can't wrap around the politics and business side of this story. I knew what was happening in a general sense but I couldn't follow the story perfectly.

Justin Scott is definitely someone I want to read more books from. I love his writing, the characters... and the fact that this was set in China. That was my main motivation for reading this. I love China and reading about it. Hong Kong is such an interesting place. So maybe this book was just set up for me to love it? I don't know. Either way, if I ever see Justin Scott in a thrift store I'm snatching it.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Félix me facilitó este libro y fue una sorpresa, una por que no había leído nada que sucediera en Hong Kong y otra porque la historia abarca de todo: amor, familia, dinero, infidelidades, intrigas, cultura, política y hartos personajes fuertes, de esos que uno termina admirando.
Es interesante el tiempo en que ocurre la historia, ya que se sitúa en un momento de cambio histórico de Hong Kong (cuando deja de ser Británico para volver a China) abarca tejemanejes políticos, grandes luchas de poder y lo mejor de es que resulta completamente creíble, hasta comprensible en el caos que reinó en esa transición.

Revisando la bibliografía del autor descubrí que también ha formado varios libros con el seudónimo de Paul Garrison (si bien no he leído nada de el bajo este nombre).

¿Recomendable? ¡sin duda!

[Mari · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finish this book. Could not stay focused on the story.

[Sue Tincher · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, published in 1991, tried to predict what the turnover of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China would be like in 1997. It was a kind of interesting take on the situation, but a clunky book overall.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good lightweight summer read.