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Macau Closer: Soldier of Fortune (1954)

Posted: July 14th, 2025 | No Comments »

My latest column for Macau Closer magazine is a look back at Ernest K Gann’s 1954 novel Soldier of Fortune that takes place between Hong Kong and Macau and later became a Hollywood movie with Clark Gable and Susan Haywood. How does Macau come out of the novel…and the movie? Click here to read….



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