Fragrant Harbour
John Lanchester
299 pages, Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0571214703
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2003
AsiaChinaContemporaryFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiteratureNovelsTravelWorld War II
This is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span 70 years in Asia. The complacency of colonial life in the 1930s; the horrors of the Japanese occupation during World War II; and the post-war boom and transformation of Hong Kong all surface in this epic novel.