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Mr Wong Goes West

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:10:25 +0300

SUMMARY:
The world's biggest and most expensive aircraft - Skyparc's 'office in the sky' which apparently runs on 'green' fuel - flies into Hong Kong. The Europeans want to sell the plane to the Chinese and Mr Wong is hired to make sure there is nothing on the plane that might upset visiting Chinese aviation officials. But things go wrong. An oil company executive is murdered and a young greenie, who happens to be a friend of Mr Wong's assistant, Joyce McQuinnie, is arrested.

The Curious Diary of Mr Jam

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:55:58 +0200

He tried to bring comedy to Asia, but everyone just laughed at him.Sam Jam's whole life had been a tragic mistake.As a humorist in Asia he had repeatedly been sacked, blacklisted and chased out of buildings.But he refuses to believe that his audiences of conservative Muslims, Communist officials, religious police and Asian citizens in general have no sense of humor.This funny, poignant tale, which the author describes as "a novel for legal reasons", is more than just laugh-out-loud entertainment. It shines an essential light on what global culture will look like as eastern ways of thinking start to dominate.

The Feng Shui Detective

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 01:06:56 +0200

Mr. Wong is a feng shui consultant in Singapore, but his cases tend to involve a lot more than just interior decoration. You see, Wong specializes in a certain type of problem premises: crime scenes. His latest case involves a mysterious young woman and a deadly psychic reading that ultimately leads him to Sydney where the story climaxes at the Opera House, a building known for its appalling feng shui. A delightful combination of crafty plotting, quirky humor, and Asian philosophy, the Feng Shui Detective is an investigator like no other!

The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:37:50 +0200

Twilight in the Land of Nowhen

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:22:00 +0200

Imagine living 3 seconds ahead of everyone else! This funny, mind-twisting, adventure for 10-14-year-olds tells you exactly what that's like - and plays with Einstein's theory of relativity along the way.Don't read this book.Do NOT read this bookGo watch television.Go play computer games.Go run around outside.Just put the books down quietly and walk away.WARNING! This book containsA boy who's three seconds ahead of the rest of the worldAn adventure in a hotted up hovercarA fate worse than death

The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:37:49 +0200

The Feng Shui Detective Goes South

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:37:49 +0200

The latest novel in the internationally best-selling Feng Shui Detective series sees Mr Wong and other members of the Union of Industrial Mystics in Singapore. They are introduced to a young woman who, all their mystical arts tell them, is doomed to die. Their desperate efforts to save her eventually lead C.F. Wong and Joyce to Sydney . . . As he travels around Asia solving crimes the venerable feng shui Master C.F. Wong is so much more than an interior design consultant. In this latest adventure he and other members of the Union of Industrial Mystics are introduced to a young woman who, all their mystical arts tell them, is doomed to die.Trying to save her calls for desperate measures and their best efforts eventually send Mr Wong and his brash young intern Joyce McQuinnie to Sydney. There at the famed Opera House, a building with appalling feng shui, surprising things happen, much cross cultural chaos ensues and as you would expect with the inimitable Feng Shui detective the day is saved in most inventive ways.Nury Vittachi was born in Ceylon and lives with his English wife and their three Chinese children in Hong Kong. Irresistible mix of classic whodunit and Asian philosophy outlandish humour, self-deprecating charm, and a biting subtext.'The Age , Melbourne