The World of Suzie Wong Re-issued

I’m not exactly sure why the world needs a reissue of Richard Mason’s World of Suzie Wong? And I’m not sure the original cover art (I know the guys famous and that but still…) has stood the test of time to be honest. I have an old battered copy somewhere with Nancy Kwan on the cover, from the movie. I did like the movie as a kid – though I haven’t seen it again in ages so that too might not have stood the test of time. Wanchai of course still has a few Suzie Wong’s around at night – a bit more hot pants than cheongsams these days, eerrr, so I’ve heard. The film is worth revisiting I think for its images of a Hong Kong now largely gone – Wanchai still teems but not quite in the same teeming way as the 1960s. I’ll probably get slagged of by the politically correct crowd but I do think you’d have include Mason’s book in a list of the bets books about Asia by foreigners. Feel free to disagree though.