Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
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Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s.

As an inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s. Unrestricted by parental control, he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo, a â‚¬Å“pale fellowâ‚¬Â like him. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learned Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs, and participated in colourful festivals. He even entered the forbidden Kowloon Walled City, wandered into the secret lair of the Triads and visited an opium den. Along the way he encountered a colourful array of people, from the plink plonk man with his dancing monkey to Nagasaki Jim, a drunken child molester, and the Queen of Kowloon, the crazed tramp who may have been a member of the Romanov family.

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 familyâ‚¬s interest in â‚¬Å“going native,â‚¬Â Martin Boothâ‚¬s compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life that glows with infectious curiosity and humour.
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Bantam Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1733944
ReleaseDate 2005-09-06
UnitCount 1
Format International Edition
UPCs 000553816721
EANs 9780553816723

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1733944
ReleaseDate	2005-09-06
UnitCount	1
Format	International Edition
UPCs	000553816721
EANs	9780553816723

Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

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