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  • Location: Hong Kong

Fragrant Harbour

Fragrant Harbour

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1930s onwards: A story of a country and four of its people

  • ISBN: 978-0571214693
  • Genre: Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

Fragrant Harbour is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia’s last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England to seek his fortune, and finds it in running a great Hong Kong hotel. He meets Sister Maria, a Chinese nun. Then we meet Dawn Stone, an English journalist who becomes the public face of money and power and big business. Finally, there’s the story of Matthew Ho who is a  young Chinese entrepreneur

Through the intertwining tales of four different narrators, the reader is taken on a journey through Hong Kong’s history.

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Booktrail Boarding Pass:  Fragrant Harbour

Destination: Hong Kong  Author/Guide: Tash Aw  Departure Time: 1930s onwards

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