Timothy Mo je anglicko-čínský romanopisec, jehož dílo se vyznačuje propojením britského a čínského kulturního dědictví. Jeho psaní často zkoumá témata identity a sounáležitosti, odrážející jeho vlastní zkušenosti s multikulturním pozadím. Mo se zaměřuje na detailní vykreslení postav a bohatý jazyk, čímž čtenářům přináší hluboký vhled do složitosti lidských vztahů a společenských změn. Jeho literární styl je ceněn pro svou nuancovanost a schopnost zachytit jemné rozdíly mezi kulturami.
An Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered. The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster.
At the centre of 1960s London the busy Chinese community lives by its own precise and violent rules, flourishing like a spiky, brilliant crystal garden in the murky waters of Soho. Pitched into an alien city which is neither hostile nor friendly but very strange and very foreign, the Chen family prospers by deftly and sometimes incongruously blending tradition and opportunity. But no private family lives beyond the reach of the largest and most powerful Chinese ‘family’ - the Triad.
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.