An Insular Possession
Two young American jettison their careers to start an irreverent weekly paper, in this novel about corruption, greed, race, love, and treachery in Macao and Canton during the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Year
- 1987
- ISBN-13
- 9780394554303
- Genre
- FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Opium Wars and colonialismCorruption and greedRace and cultural conflict
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1986)
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