Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong, Paul Theroux classics & poetry ” — Newsday “A stranger

” — Newsday “A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum

and the only refuge is what you can protect: your family

And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow

You know they’re wrong

Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong, Paul Theroux classics & poetry ” — Newsday “A strangerNinety nine years of colonial rule are ending as the British prepare to hand over Hong Kong to China. For Betty Mullard and her son, Bunt, it doesn't concern them until the mysterious Mr. Hung from the mainland offers them a large sum for their family business. They refuse, yet fail to realize Mr. Hung is unlike the Chinese they've known: he will accept no refusals. When a young female employee whom Bunt has been dating vanishes, he is forced to make