Travel to Hong Kong

Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

Format: Paperback
Author: Martin Booth
ReleaseDate: 14 November, 2006
Publisher: Picador
Rating:

Golden Throughout
I was totally unprepared for Booth's parents and adored Joyce. I read this book because I love Hong Kong and its history. How cannot you not like someone so lively, loving, accepting (except of Ken) and adventuresome?

While the family (Ken, Joyce and Martin) are exploring Algiers, Joyce buys some dates from a market stall, and Ken pitches a fit because they are probably unsanitary. He asks, 'How can you tell where they've been?' Joyce replies that they've been up a date tree. 'And they picked themselves I suppose?' 'No,' Joyce rplies, 'I expect they were plucked by a scrofulous urchin and thrown down to his tubercular aunt who wrapped them in her phlegm-stiffened handerchief. ' I had a large mouthful of iced tea when I read that and spat the tea I didn't snort up my nose all over the page. I couldn't stop laughing. This was, I learned, pure Joyce.

'Golden Boy' is delightful, insightful and something more - a word or phrase that escapes these old brain cells. This is the first book by Booth I've read, and I'm eager to read more.

HongKong revisited
What a wonderful account of life in Honk Kong. I had the pleasure of travelling to Asia in 2004 during Chinese New Year and have been to the places mentioned in this book. Speaking with persons who have actually lived in this city and during that time I was assured that the descriptions are right down to the point. What a wonderful book.

Gweillo - Martin Booth

It is a must read for all who spent time in Hong Kong in the colonial days - it will bring back many fond memories. This book was originally published in the UK as 'Gweillo' (Foreign Devil) and is a delightful and colorful journey through the childhood of the author, Martin Booth who was a school friend of ours.
It was written soon before Martin succumbed to brain cancer - he was deterined to finish it.
I love the book!.

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