A review by never4get
Fragrant Harbor by John Lanchester

4.0

Engrossing narrative style by John Lanchester, encapsulating the post WWII history of China-Hong Kong development through the lives of his characters. Illuminating and totally absorbing. Tom Stewart, immigrant from England, Chinese Nun Sister Maria - who teaches him Cantonese aboard ship from England, Dawn Stone, an English journalist who makes good in modern HK, and a young Chinese man tracing his family history. Stories interwoven through time and place.