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Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life.
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Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood, Martin Booth
- Language
- Released
- 2005
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Martin Booth
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 269
- ISBN10
- 0553816721
- ISBN13
- 9780553816723
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Fun, Asia, China
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life.