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The humiliation of a colonial Englishman on the eve of China's takeover of Hong Kong. Neville Mallard, a member of the white elite is forced to sell his family's textile factory to a Chinese businessman. It is a blow to his wallet, but even more to his confidence, the end of a century of white arrogance.
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Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong, Paul Theroux
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Theroux
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- ISBN10
- 0395860296
- ISBN13
- 9780395860298
- Category
- World prose
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- The humiliation of a colonial Englishman on the eve of China's takeover of Hong Kong. Neville Mallard, a member of the white elite is forced to sell his family's textile factory to a Chinese businessman. It is a blow to his wallet, but even more to his confidence, the end of a century of white arrogance.