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But so good is masons writing in suzie wong, that i soon had those images driven from my mind by the very real world of 1950s hong kong he creates in the novels pages. The first edition of the novel was published in 1957, and was written by richard mason. First a novel by richard mason and then a successful stage play by paul osborn, ray starks film production of the world of suzie wong 1960 tells the story of an expatriate american architect named robert lomax william holden who pursues a new career as a painter in hong kong. Screenplay by john patrick and directed by richard quine, with cinematography by geoffrey unsworth, art direction by john box and music by george duning, the world of suzie wong starred william. Paramount produced the film the world of suzie wong adapted from a bestselling novel written by richard mason in 1961. The film tells a love story between an american artist and a hong kong prostitute who overcome pride and prejudice and start a new stage of life. On the star ferry en route to hong kong island, he meets mee ling, a seemingly proper young woman. I expected to see a parade of racist and sexist situations. Suzie wong tv host born 1955, a hong kong tv host adopting. Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack cd release and the world premiere of the complete score to. Richard mason takes an oftentimes tawdry subject matter and delivers a charming novel. Pdf the world of suzie wong book by richard mason free. Mason lived from 1919 1997 and over the course of his life he wrote six novels.
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Richard mason 19191997 was a british author who learned japanese during wwii and lived in hong kong after the war, where his experiences led. Set in the mid1950s, the world of suzie wong is a beautifully written time capsule of a novel. The world of suzie wong broadway play original ibdb. The story is set in hong kong in the late fifties of the last century.
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