7 /10 1 Votes
Language English Originally published 1978 Genre Historical Fiction | 3.5/5 Goodreads Publication date 1978 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN 978-0-571-12966-9 (Faber & Faber)
ISBN 978-0-952-41937-2 (Paddleless Press) Similar An Insular Possession, Sour Sweet, Renegade or halo2, Brownout on Breadfruit, The Redundancy of Courage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Monkey King is the first published novel of Timothy Mo; it has previously been released through several US- and UK-based printers before becoming self-published by Mo via Paddleless Press: Faber & Faber (paperback 1978), HarperCollins (hardcover 1978), Random House/Doubleday hardcover (1980), Vintage (softcover, 1993), Paddleless Press (hardcover and softcover, 2000). A 10-part abridgement of the novel (by Margaret Busby) was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in 1997, from 23 June to 4 July, read by David Yip.
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Synopsis
The Monkey King follows the humorous exploits of protagonist Wallace Nolasco, who finds himself in financial straits after being denied his dowry in hectic post-war Hong Kong, and must by guile better both himself and the moribund reputation of the Chinese house he has married into.
Awards
The Monkey King was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1979.