Book description
The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed, class, race, love and treachery set in Macao and Canton before and during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Nominated for England's prestigious Booker Prize.
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1 author picked An Insular Possession as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a fantastic novel, not just about Hong Kong, Macau, and the Opium war, but about the shift toward modern society and modern people, the shift from a world of painting to photography, and about the power of modern media. The language and the level of historical and psychological illumination is absolutely amazing.
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