Novelist, born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He studied at Oxford University, attracting attention with his first novel, The Monkey King (1978), set in Hong Kong, followed by Sour Sweet (1982, Hawthornden Prize), a densely realistic portrait of London's Chinese community. Later novels include The Redundancy of Courage (1991), Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard (1995), and Renegade or Halo Squared (1999, James Tait Black Memorial Prize).
Novels
The Monkey King (1978)
Sour Sweet (1982)
An Insular Possession (1986)
The Redundancy of Courage (1991)
Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard (1995)
Renegade
or Halo2 (2000)
Awards
1979 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for
The Monkey King 1982 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) for
Sour Sweet 1982 Hawthornden Prize for
Sour Sweet 1986 Booker Prize
for Fiction (shortlist) for
An Insular Possession 1991 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) for
The Redundancy of Courage 1992 E.M. Forster Award 1999 James Tait Black Memorial
Prize (for fiction) for
Renegade or Halo2
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