num_pages: 593
description: Two young American jettison their careers to start an irreverent weekly paper, in this novel about corruption, greed, race, love, and treachery in Macao and Canton during the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century
language: English
title: An Insular Possession
titlecomplete: An Insular Possession
genres: Fiction, China, British Literature, Asia, Historical Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 194
places: Macao, Canton
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Random House