Evocative, funny and full of life - a beautifully written and observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong shortly after World War 2.
Martin Booth is internationally known as a writer and biographer. An acclaimed novelist, his The Industry of Souls was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1998. When he was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2002 he was inspired to delve into his Hong Kong childhood and write Gweilo. He died in February 2004, shortly after completing the manuscript
A classic memoir... the voice of the youthful narrator carries the
reader on in a wonderfully honest tone... Booth has delivered a
pre-coming-of-age book that ranks with the best of the breed. The
writing is superb... it is a more than worth legacy to his prolific
literary life, but also stands as one of the most original and
engaging memoirs of recent years, all the more telling because it
is so personal, witty and true
*The Times*
Admirably evocative... one longs to learn what happened next; but,
alas, we never will
*The Sunday Times*
It has such pace and power... his memoir is, above all, a
celebration... the portrait of his parents... is particularly
fine
*Sunday Telegraph*
Highly evocative... as a sharp-eyed, sensitive child of a vanished
Hong Kong, Booth earns his nostalgia... his family are not the only
ones who will enjoy the book
*Daily Telegraph*
His finest work. Full of local colour and packed with incident
*Evening Standard ‘Pick of the Year’*
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