num_pages: 252
description: At the centre of 1960s London the busy Chinese community lives by its own precise and violent rules, flourishing like a spiky, brilliant crystal garden in the murky waters of Soho. Pitched into an alien city which is neither hostile nor friendly but very strange and very foreign, the Chen family prospers by deftly and sometimes incongruously blending tradition and opportunity. But no private family lives beyond the reach of the largest and most powerful Chinese ‘family’ - the Triad.
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: Random House UK