Jonathan Chamberlain

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King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong KongPaperback, 16 July 2010

King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong
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Print Length
348 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Blacksmith Books(JP)
Date Published
16 Jul 2010
ISBN-10
9889979985
ISBN-13
9789889979980

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Scandal and corruption, drugs and pirates, triads and flower boats; the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and the Communist takeover of Canton. Peter Hui was there. He knew everybody and saw everything. This is the real story of Hong Kong, told with the rich flavours of the street. If Peter had been only a little bit different he could have been an important man. But this is a riches to rags to riches to rags story. As we follow Peter's life - his ups, his downs - we see in sharp focus what it was like to be a Chinese man in the British territory of Hong Kong through most of the years of the 20th century. And yet this book is not just one man's tale. It is the story of a time and place - colonial Hong Kong, Portuguese Macau and the South China hinterland - seen from the unique point of view of a man who was at home at all levels of society. This is the bizarre story of a man who really did, for a very short time, once own all the opium in Hong Kong. If Suzie Wong had been a real person, Peter Hui would have known her. "This is a true story but it reads like a novel. It is a cracking read." - David Tang

Product Details

Author:
Jonathan Chamberlain
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
16 July 2010
Dimensions:
21.59 x 13.97 x 1.85 cm
ISBN-10:
9889979985
ISBN-13:
9789889979980
Language:
English
Pages:
348
Weight:
444.52 gm

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