{"product_id":"hong-kong-18","title":"Hong Kong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire \u003c\/i\u003eby Jan Morris - one of the world's pre-eminent travel writers - depicts the city of Hong Kong in 1988, tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China's future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1988, \u003cb\u003eHong Kong\u003c\/b\u003e is a portrait of the British Empire's last, most anachronistic outpost, as the countdown to the handover gathers momentum. Written with her trademark elegance and panache, Morris depicts a city tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is difficult to think of anyone who could recount this tale with such authority, elegance and sensitivity as Jan Morris ... Here, she portrays what has always been Britain's most adjective-defying colony ... Morris so clearly likes the place, but she is not sentimental, nor is she blind to Hong Kong's flaws; she is aware of rootlessness in the teeming energy.' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book captures the contradictions and mad terror of Hong Kong better than could a novel - it's a dramatic documentary ... ' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The definitive study.' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258405343576,"sku":"9780571246496","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571246496.jpg?v=1777704328","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hong-kong-18","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}