SOUR SWEET
Timothy Mo
279 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 039473680X
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Language: English
Publish: March 12, 1985
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Sour Sweet is a novel by Timothy Mo first published in 1982 and shortlisted for that year’s Booker Prize. Written as a ‘sour sweet’ comedy, the story follows the tribulations of a Hong Kong Chinese immigrant and his initially reluctant wife as they attempt to make a home for themselves in 1960s London.