Fortune Cookie

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Bryce Courtenay ISBN: 9780857960238
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: November 15, 2010
Imprint: e-penguin Language: English
Author: Bryce Courtenay
ISBN: 9780857960238
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: November 15, 2010
Imprint: e-penguin
Language: English

Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work foran advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when Simon falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B. Lord. With no family or connections, this beautiful young woman is powerless to resist the evil influence of Beatrice Fong, a manipulative businesswoman, who, in league with the Wing brothers, lures her into theinternational trade in sex workers and heroin trafficking involving the American CIA. Simon must save her at any cost. Set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War, Fortune Cookie is a spellbinding thriller, with a story of love against impossible odds at its heart. 'A multi-layered, cross-genre epic with tremendously broad appeal.' Sun-Herald Stay in touch with all of Bryce's news on Facebook:facebook.com/BryceCourtenay

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Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work foran advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when Simon falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B. Lord. With no family or connections, this beautiful young woman is powerless to resist the evil influence of Beatrice Fong, a manipulative businesswoman, who, in league with the Wing brothers, lures her into theinternational trade in sex workers and heroin trafficking involving the American CIA. Simon must save her at any cost. Set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War, Fortune Cookie is a spellbinding thriller, with a story of love against impossible odds at its heart. 'A multi-layered, cross-genre epic with tremendously broad appeal.' Sun-Herald Stay in touch with all of Bryce's news on Facebook:facebook.com/BryceCourtenay

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