num_pages: 279
description: Sour Sweet is a novel by Timothy Mo first published in 1982 and shortlisted for that year's Booker Prize. Written as a 'sour sweet' comedy, the story follows the tribulations of a Hong Kong Chinese immigrant and his initially reluctant wife as they attempt to make a home for themselves in 1960s London.
language: English
title: Sour Sweet
titlecomplete: Sour Sweet
genres: Fiction, Asia, Roman, China, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Modern, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 819
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Hawthornden Prize
publisher: Abacus Books