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.
Related with an infectious curiosity and humour, this is a colonial childhood memoir of Hong Kong in the 1950s. Booth takes us on a journey through Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life as seen through the innocent eyes of a child.
