We are getting more serious in developing content for Blue Hong Kong: here is our reading list.

• Martin Booth’s Gweilo, a funny account of the author’s childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950’s. It provides a glimpse in how much Hong Kong has changed in less than 50 years.

• Frank Welsh’s A History of Hong Kong. It would have been better to call this book “A history of British rule in Hong Kong”. Interesting read but disappointingly scarce on anecdotes and stories about places in the city.

• Much more interesting are James Clavell’s clever novels built around two periods in the city’s life. In Tai Pan, he describes the origins of the city in the 1850’s. In Noble House, Clavell offers a glimpse in the business life of Hong Kong in the mid-1970’s. Both are must-read for whoever wants to have a very enjoyable introduction to Hong Kong.

We thoroughly enjoyed reading these books while doing our research on Hong Kong, and BlueHongKong.net readers can expect to find some anecdotes and insight from these books later in the spring as we start our journey through Hong Kong.The links below lead you to Amazon’s reviews. 

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