Sour Sweet
by Timothy Mo
Sour Sweet is a novel by Timothy Mo, first published by André Deutsch in 1982. A darkly comic story of a Hong Kong Chinese couple making a new life in 1960s London, it won the Hawthornden Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and was filmed as Soursweet in 1988.
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- First edition
- Deutsch, 1982
- First published
- André Deutsch, 1982
The first edition of Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo was published in London by Deutsch in 1982. We track 1 edition.
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Who published the first edition of Sour Sweet?
The first edition of Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo was published in London by Deutsch in 1982.
How many editions of Sour Sweet are there?
We track 1 edition of Sour Sweet, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Sour Sweet, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Timothy Mo, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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