KwayFay lives in a squatter shack in Hong Kong, surviving as an office clerk, paying bribes and keeping quiet when abused. She can also talk to ghosts and the Triads are very keen to use her for their survival when China takes over Hong Kong and vows to destroy them.

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This book is going to a new home for the intercultural virtual bookbox. Enjoy!

Received this in the mail today. Brilliant!

Thank you, chucklesthescot!!!!

KwayFay is a young woman who lives in a squatter area of Hong Kong Island just before the takeover by China, she talks to the ghost of her great-great-…-grandmother and somehow gets caught up in some business with a triad leader who believes she can see into the future.
Hard to put down. And a great read if you’ve been to Hong Kong and know what all the places mentioned in the novel look like.
(Photo: Amah Rock)

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Surprise RABCK for somebody who might be interested in this book :-)

Happy reading

What a fantastic surprise! I just got home from holidays and found this mysterious parcel waiting for me with two books in it (the other one is HongKongitis by Larry Feign) :) Thank you so much ApoloniaX!! I really look forward to reading this :)

Update August 13th 2010: Now reserved for the East Asian VBB, hosted by ApoloniaX :)
And chosen by Dancesports.

Well, this took me a bit longer to read than I expected. Some parts were interesting, and some parts were less. Most of the characters weren't very likeable.. Maybe only KwayFay, though she seemed a bit naive sometimes, and much smarter other times - the ghost bits were interesting though. It was fun to see some Cantonese words thrown in (sometimes I had to think about it a bit..the pronunciation.. but got most of them ;p), and all the places that were described (did recognize some of them).

This will be mailed to Dancesports sometime soon :)

Now on its way to Dancesports :)

Happy reading!

Thank you.book arrived on friday and I am adding this entry on my mum's new iPad. And checking out her ebooks.