Love and Other Consolation Prizes
by
Jamie Ford
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0749022809
ISBN-13
9780749022808
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Imprint
Allison & Busby
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 12th, 2017
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 23.40 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Ksh 2,350.00
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1909: At the World's Fair a half-Chinese boy is raffled off as a prize. Working in Seattle's famed Red Light District, he falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a madam, and Fahn, a Japanese maid sold into servitude. In 1962 he looks back on the past and the memories he made with his wife, while his daughter begins to unravel their tragic past.
1909, Seattle. At the World''s Fair a half-Chinese boy called Ernest Young is raffled off as a prize. He ends up working in a brothel in Seattle''s famed Red Light District and falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a flamboyant madam, and Fahn, a karayuki-san, a Japanese maid sold into servitude.On the eve of the new World''s Fair in 1962, Ernest looks back on the past, the memories he made with his beloved wife while his daughter, a reporter, begins to unravel their tragic past.
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