Monday, April 10, 2006
Hong Kong.
Martin Booth's memoir of growing up in Hong Kong in the early 1950's, Golden Boy
, was favorably reviewed in The New York Times Book Review this weekend. I read a copy purchased overseas (published as Gweilo) some months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, but have not found the time to write up books I read before I started this blog. Were I looking for something to read on a flight to Hong Kong, I probably would recommend it over Travelers' Tales: Hong Kong (a decent anthology) or Jan Morris' Hong Kong, and definitely over Paul Theroux's Kowloon Tong, a miserable little novel.
, was favorably reviewed in The New York Times Book Review this weekend. I read a copy purchased overseas (published as Gweilo) some months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, but have not found the time to write up books I read before I started this blog. Were I looking for something to read on a flight to Hong Kong, I probably would recommend it over Travelers' Tales: Hong Kong (a decent anthology) or Jan Morris' Hong Kong, and definitely over Paul Theroux's Kowloon Tong, a miserable little novel.
