Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In 1894, Jindy Kelly arrives in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong at the height of the bubonic plague pandemic. She is searching for Johnny Fong, the boy she loved, and the truth about her mother's disappearance. Her plans are thrown into disarray when she encounters an old enemy from her home town, and becomes entangled in a murder investigation. Her quest propels her from the heart of the British colonial establishment to the festering animosity of the Chinese slums. She discovers that Johnny is now a revolutionary dedicated to overthrowing the Qing emperor; her mother may not be the person she believed; and the answers she seeks were always back in Australia in the workers' paradise of Kerosene Creek.
It is a story about a smart but na ve young woman, thrown into an alien culture and forced to sink or swim, to choose between jingoism and humanity, and to know herself. It is also about love and loss, and coming of age at a time when the world is changing for ever.
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1894, Jindy Kelly arrives in the plague port of Hong Kong. She is looking for the enigmatic Johnny Fong, who may know the whereabouts of her mother. Her quest propels her from the heart of the British colonial establishment to the festering animosity of the Chinese slums. She discovers that Johnny is now a revolutionary outlaw, her mother is not what she seemed, and the answers to the mystery are back home in the socialist paradise of Kerosene Creek.
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"Hey Jindy, when you finish that China business, you come back here, ay" said Jimmy Sugarbag. Jindy Kelly arrives in the plague port of Hong Kong in 1894 She is looking for the enigmatic Johnny Fong, who may know the whereabouts of her mother. Her quest propels her from the heart of the British colonial establishment to the festering animosity of the Chinese slums. She discovers that Johnny is now a revolutionary outlaw, her mother is not what she seemed, and the answers to the mystery are back home in the socialist paradise of Kerosene Creek.