A near-fine first edition, signed by the author. Page block has browned, and there is a slight push-in to the top of the spine. In a near-fine unclipped dust jacket, with slight wrinking to the top edge.

The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed, class, race, love and treachery set in Macao and Canton before and during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Nominated for England's prestigious Booker Prize.