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A hardback best-seller and nominee for the Booker Prize, finally back in print after three years of rights battles, this literary masterpiece documents the first Anglo-Chinese Opium War through the eyes of two young Americans on the China Coast in the 1830s. A marvellous, monumental achievement, highly intelligent, witty and having the gravitas of true historical insight... A first-class historical novel of tremendous sweep' - Spectator 'Astute and unremitting' - Glasgow Herald 'Powerful, beautifully written' - Guardian'

Timothy Mo's classic account of feuding Chinese families in sixties London quickly became a best-seller when it was first published and has since won its place among the novels of the time. Filmed by Mike Newell with a screenplay by Ian McEwan, it now appears for the first time on the Paddleless list.

Winner of the 1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. A writer of immense gifts, energy and wit. Nothing is off limits, he respects no borders. His style is tough and elegant in equal measure and exercises considerable force' - The Times 'Almost alone among that band of young English novelists who made their names in the 1980s he continues to produce hugely entertaining and serious novels that look as if they were based on practical experience' - D J Taylor, The Times'

Winner of the E.M. Forster Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this brutal and beautiful narration of the guerrilla war against the Indonesians in Timor, praised by Fretilin Foreign Minister and Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta for its perfect authenticity', reappears now in this handsome edition at a topical moment in history as Timor fully joins the UN at last. 'Magnificent' - The Spectator 'A marvellous tour de force' - Evening Standard 'A brilliant novel, written with precision and tenderness' - Guardian'