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Fortune Cookie

By Bryce Courtenay
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Fortune Cookie follows Simon Koo, an ambitious Australian-born Chinese man who ventures to Singapore in the mid-1960s to work for an advertising agency. There, he uncovers dark secrets involving the Wing brothers who run the agency, and becomes ensnared in a dangerous world of sex trafficking and heroin smuggling tied to the American CIA. When Simon falls for Mercy B. Lord, a young woman powerless against a manipulative businesswoman, he must risk everything to save her. Set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War, this gripping thriller explores love amidst crime and corruption.
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Ideal for fans of intense thrillers and historical fiction, especially readers interested in stories set during the Vietnam War era involving espionage and social issues.

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Fortune Cookie

Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese young man who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for Samuel Oswald Wing, an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when Simon falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B Lord, the daughter of a Japanese officer.

Set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War, Bryce Courtenay's Fortune Cookie is a spellbinding thriller, with a story of love against impossible odds at its heart.

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Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when Simon falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B. Lord. With no family or connections, this beautiful young woman is powerless to resist the evil influence of Beatrice Fong, a manipulative businesswoman who, in league with the Wing brothers, lures her into the international trade in sex workers and heroin trafficking involving the American CIA. Simon must save her at any cost.

Set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War, Fortune Cookie is a spellbinding thriller, with a story of love against impossible odds at its heart. 'A multi-layered, cross-genre epic with tremendously broad appeal.' Sun-Herald

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143205616

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 39.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 442g

Pages: 320

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Bryce Courtenay Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published Penguin Books

About the Author

Bryce Courtenay is the bestselling author of The Power of One, Tandia, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Solomon's Song, Jessica, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Family Frying Pan, The Night Country, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders' Cat, Brother Fish, Whitethorn, Sylvia, The Persimmon Tree, Fishing for Stars, The Story of Danny Dunn, Fortune Cookie and Jack of Diamonds. Bryce Courtenay AM passed away in November 2012, aged seventy-nine, at his home in Canberra.

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