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In this compelling memoir of his colonial childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950s, Martin Booth writes from his child's perspective of the years where he was able to roam freely around the streets of Hong Kong. Filled with an enormous curiosity about the exotic and colourful world around him,…
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This brilliantly written memoir is set in Hong Kong in the 1950s and 60s. It was written by an author who had quirky experiences as an expat child in British colonial Hong Kong. It evoked my own experiences growing up in colonial Singapore and triggered a nostalgic roller coaster ride of emotions, humor, and intrigue.
Booth also grew up in a colonial British territory–Hong Kong. He relates all his adventures and experiences as a young child, accessing all aspects of colonial Hong Kong, which were unavailable to other expat children his age. His descriptions made me feel like I was…
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