martin booth
wrote the nonfiction histories
Cannabis
and
Opium
and the novel
Hiroshima Joe,
among many other books. He began this memoir of his childhood after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002 and died shortly after completing the manuscript in 2004. An internationally known, Booker Prize â shortlisted novelist and writer, Booth was considered an authority on everything from the history of Chinese organized crime syndicates to the conservation of the African rhino.
Opium: A History
is regarded as the definitive book on the subject, and he is the author of eight other works of nonfiction, eleven novels, and five works of children's fiction.
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HONG KONG (CHINA: 1842-1997 BRIT. COLONY).
VICTORIA (CENTRAL DISTRICT).
“STREET SCENE WITH RICKSHAW AT A CROSSING”
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