Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong, in Two Volumes
- Hard Cover
- New York: Delacorte Press, 1981
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x2x9. Two-volume book club edition, gutter codes M28 and L17. Jackets a bit toned with two small closed tears along top edge of second volume. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1981 Hard Cover. 1141 pp. "The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are the days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes -- fire, flood, and landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trade... money, flesh, opium, power.