num_pages: 728
description: The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed, class, race, love and treachery set in Macao and Canton before and during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Nominated for England's prestigious Booker Prize.
language: English
title: An Insular Possession
titlecomplete: An Insular Possession
genres: China, British Literature, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 194
places: Macao, Canton
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Paddleless Press