num_pages: 256
description: The Poons, according to gossip in post-war Hong Kong, have plenty of money. But when Wallace Nolasco marries May Ling, daughter of the house of Poon, he finds he has been sold short. Wallace is relegated to the bottom of the household pecking order. By the author of "Sour Sweet".
language: English
title: The Monkey King
titlecomplete: The Monkey King
genres: China, British Literature, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 251
places: Hong Kong
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
publisher: Paddleless Press