Fragrant Harbor
Registered by 
keeta1
of Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on 8/17/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
keeta1 of Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on 8/17/2017 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by keeta1 from Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Thursday, August 17, 2017
keeta1 from Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Thursday, August 17, 2017
Amazon Editorial Review
It is 1935, and Tom Stewart, a young Englishman with a longing for adventure, buys himself a cheap ticket aboard the SS Darjeeling-en route to the complex and corrupt world of Hong Kong. A shipboard wager leads to an unlikely friendship that spans seven decades as Hong Kong endures the savagery of the Japanese occupation, emerging as a crossroads of international finance and the nexus of a world of warlords, drug runners, and Chinese triads..
It is 1935, and Tom Stewart, a young Englishman with a longing for adventure, buys himself a cheap ticket aboard the SS Darjeeling-en route to the complex and corrupt world of Hong Kong. A shipboard wager leads to an unlikely friendship that spans seven decades as Hong Kong endures the savagery of the Japanese occupation, emerging as a crossroads of international finance and the nexus of a world of warlords, drug runners, and Chinese triads..
Journal Entry 2 by keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, August 17, 2017
keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, August 17, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (8/17/2017 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Travelling to Icila in France as a Tag Game book :)
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
The book is here, thank you keeta1 !
A very interesting book, I visited HK a very long time ago and it triggered a lot of memories.
It worth's to traveling again.
It worth's to traveling again.
My October offer in "One book a month offered 2017"
Entering :
- mcsar
- alexiapapa
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Entering :
- mcsar
- alexiapapa
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On its way to Canada. Happy reading !
Thank you for the book. I am extremely happy to receive this book that is set in my hometown.
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Reserved as a bookiversary present for schwester.
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Reserved as a bookiversary present for schwester.
I enjoyed reading the book and it brought back memories of Hong Kong. The main part of the story was set before my time but the general feel of the place and people brought forth some nostalgia. I like the story, especially after Tom Stewart came into the picture.
Setting sail to Austria. Bon voyage!
Journal Entry 10 by 
schwester
at Wien Bezirk 03 - Landstraße, Wien Austria on Tuesday, July 27, 2021
schwester at Wien Bezirk 03 - Landstraße, Wien Austria on Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Yeah, it finally arrived! Posted on May 19th in far away Canada it must have been stuck in customs. They got totally crazy with Brexit, and now take 2 months for everything and even charge a service fee of 5 euros to conclude that you don't have to pay any taxes. No wonder Kafka was more or less an Austrian.
But thank you so much for the book! I'm very much looking forward to reading it!
But thank you so much for the book! I'm very much looking forward to reading it!
The book has travelled with me to Denmark, to be read with a view of a harbour.
I had put this book on my wishlist because I had immensely enjoyed "The Wall" and I have not been disappointed. I had not known anything about Hong Kong, but this book is great. I don't get Dawn Stone, but I don't get real enthusiasm in money (apart from the obvious, that everyone needs it), but all the other people were very interesting... great book!
And I'm very impressed by the complicated Chinese system of corruption - we are just having a scandal of government corruption in Austria which is impressing in its foolishness. I think part of the scandal is of course the corruption, but the even bigger part is that they are not even able to do anything professionally. They could learn a lot in China!
on a bench & table in front of Stockfleth restaurant
