The Resource The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood, Phil Brown
The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood, Phil Brown
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The item The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood, Phil Brown represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Phil Brown's life begins in small town Australia -- Maitland, NSW to be precise -- but in 1963 his father Ted hankers to return to the Hong Kong of his childhood and to cash in on a construction boom in the burgeoning colony. Then under British rule, the world of Hong Kong is a truly fascinating place for gweilos or foreigners, both a colonial outpost and a region redolent with all the exoticism and contradictions of the Far East. The Brown's home, in the garden suburb of Kowloon Tong, buzzes with characters: the family's amah, Ah Moy, frequent visitors such as the inscrutable Mr Lai, the spy-like Tony Parr, and family members such as Uncle Cyril. Not to mention the kid from across the road, Michael Hutchence. Combining recent visits to Hong Kong, where the author explores his childhood touchstones of the Kowloon Cricket Club, the beach at Shek O, the Peninsula Hong Kong and the bustling lanes of Kowloon, with an affectionate yet truly honest portrait of family, self and the 1960s The Kowloon Kid is an intimate and tender gem
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925760361
- Label
- The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood
- Title
- The Kowloon kid
- Title remainder
- a Hong Kong childhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Phil Brown
- Subject
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- trueChildhood
- trueCultural differences
- Hong Kong (China) -- History -- 20th century
- trueHong Kong -- Description and travel
- trueHong Kong -- Social life and customs
- trueJournalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueManners and customs
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueGrowing up
- trueAuthors, Australian -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Brown, Phil, 1956- -- Childhood and youth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Phil Brown's life begins in small town Australia -- Maitland, NSW to be precise -- but in 1963 his father Ted hankers to return to the Hong Kong of his childhood and to cash in on a construction boom in the burgeoning colony. Then under British rule, the world of Hong Kong is a truly fascinating place for gweilos or foreigners, both a colonial outpost and a region redolent with all the exoticism and contradictions of the Far East. The Brown's home, in the garden suburb of Kowloon Tong, buzzes with characters: the family's amah, Ah Moy, frequent visitors such as the inscrutable Mr Lai, the spy-like Tony Parr, and family members such as Uncle Cyril. Not to mention the kid from across the road, Michael Hutchence. Combining recent visits to Hong Kong, where the author explores his childhood touchstones of the Kowloon Cricket Club, the beach at Shek O, the Peninsula Hong Kong and the bustling lanes of Kowloon, with an affectionate yet truly honest portrait of family, self and the 1960s The Kowloon Kid is an intimate and tender gem
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10788324
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brown, Phil
- Dewey number
- 951.2505
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Brown, Phil
- Authors, Australian
- Autobiographies
- Hong Kong (China)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Hong Kong childhood
- Label
- The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood, Phil Brown
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065544265
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925760361
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101498624
- Label
- The Kowloon kid : a Hong Kong childhood, Phil Brown
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065544265
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925760361
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101498624
Subject
- trueChildhood
- trueCultural differences
- Hong Kong (China) -- History -- 20th century
- trueHong Kong -- Description and travel
- trueHong Kong -- Social life and customs
- trueJournalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueManners and customs
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueGrowing up
- trueAuthors, Australian -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Brown, Phil, 1956- -- Childhood and youth
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