The Road

by Austin Coates

Book Overview

Set in 1950s Hong Kong, The Road paints an evocative picture of comfortable colonial life, while at the same time presenting the local people with the shrewd understanding that the author had acquired as a District Officer in rural Hong Kong. Perhaps the central character is the road itself, now easily recognized as the very real Lantau coast road. But in this novel, the road was an idea tossed off by the Acting Governor between cocktails in the course...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622090788
• ISBN13: 9789622090781
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher