{"product_id":"jack-malcolm-mr-polly-s-bonfire-party-9781035870165","title":"Mr Polly's Bonfire Party","description":"Augustus John Polly is a restless academic, uncomfortable in the colonial environment of 1950s Hong Kong. Prompted by sexual fantasies, he is drawn into a conspiracy that unfolds disastrously.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Amidst the decline of empire, a restless colonialist in Hong Kong debates the meaning of history. By turns funny and philosophical, this story of one man's whimsy - but also courage - in taking a side challenges our own complacencies with political notions of right and wrong, as well as the inequalities of our own time.\"- Cyril Wong, poet and fictionalist.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Mr. Polly's world is a rich tapestry. The reader is transported to a world already gone, but not forgotten. It's a cornucopia of themes, impressions, and moods. Like preparing a magical potion in a sorcerer's cauldron, Malcolm Jack's prose effectively uses a number of fascinating ingredients: The blend is sensuous, lascivious, delicious, funny, witty, ironic, intellectual, philosophical, political, historical, and human - a true cornucopia of life.\"- João Mendonça, translator and author.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Malcolm Jack's latest is a page-turner, a taut political thriller that never loses its momentum. The text has a cinematic quality, the protagonist a quiet Briton who contemplates the end of history and the fragility of empire. Hong Kong is lovingly and nostalgically depicted in glorious Technicolour as a city on the brink of change, at once beguiling and inscrutable.\"- Kennie Ting, historian and curator.","brand":"Austin Macauley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53701912953174,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781035870165_1.jpg?v=1778866167","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/jack-malcolm-mr-polly-s-bonfire-party-9781035870165","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}