The World of Suzie Wong. [paperback].
by Mason, Richard
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG+. Former owner's stamp on title page verso + some other meager imperfecions. Covers & text clean, binding tight. $0.5
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York. Signet/NAL. November, 1960. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.. VG+. Former owner's stamp on title page verso + some other meager imperfecions. Covers & text clean, binding tight. $0.50 cover price. 12mo. 288 pages. Movie tie-in copy of the 1960 film with William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding, et al. REPRINT. Signet D1552. Movie-tie-in copy. All outer edges tinted red. Photo of William Holden & Nancy Kwan on back cover. A love affair between an American artist & an Asian prostitute.
Synopsis
Penguin Books reintroduces the timeless story of the love affair between a British artist and a Chinese prostitute. Robert is t he only resident of the Nam Kok hotel not renting his room by the hour when he meets Suzie at the bar. She becomes his muse and they fall in love. But even in Hong Kong, where many white expatriates have Chinese mistresses, their romance could jeopardize the things they each hold dear. Set in the mid-1950s, The World of Suzie Wong is a beautifully written time capsule of a novel. First published more than fifty years ago, it resonated with readers worldwide, inspiring a film starring William H olden, a ballet, and even a reggae song. Now readers can experience the romance of this groundbreaking story anew.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7110618
- Title
- The World of Suzie Wong. [paperback].
- Author
- Mason, Richard
- Format/Binding
- MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+. Former owner's stamp on title page verso + some other meager imperfecions. Covers & text clean, binding tight. $0.5
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet/NAL.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- November, 1960.
- Pages
- 288pp.
- Keywords
- Richard Mason 20th Century Popular Novels Books to Film William Holden Nancy Kwan
- Size
- 12mo.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Movie tie-in
- an edition of a book which is produced in conjunction with a movie which is usually based on the book, often with a cover image...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
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