{"product_id":"goodbye-chinatown-9781642861655","title":"Goodbye Chinatown","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs her native Hong Kong seethes, torn between two world powers, Amber Fan tries to build a career as a chef in London's Chinatown. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Fan, a young Oxford-educated chef, opens the first Chinese fusion joint in London's Chinatown following the failure of her father's traditional restaurant. When her parents decide to return to Hong Kong, taking with them their young son Bobby as well as the haunting secret surrounding his birth, Amber is left alone in London. That is, until a woman called Celeste hires out the restaurant, coughing up three grand for a dinner for one. Who is this extravagant stranger, and how did she get so wealthy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the aftermath of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e shows a family torn between two countries. Amber throws herself into her career to escape the painful cycle of family separations and reunions. The tastes and smells spark off every page in Kit Fan's latest novel, making for a truly multisensorial reading experience. Offering a behind-the-scenes of this iconic hub of London's hospitality economy, and using food to reflect on identity, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of an enterprising émigré who, faced with divided loyalties, invents her own language for home through the culinary arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kit Fan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642861655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKit Fan\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, poet and critic. His first novel, also published by World Editions, is\u003ci\u003e Diamond Hill\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Chinatown \u003c\/i\u003eis his second novel. His third poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Ink Cloud Reader \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. He was shortlisted twice for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and was a winner of the Hong Kong University International Poetry Prize, Northern Writers Awards for Poetry and Fiction, Times\/Stephen Spender Poetry Translation Prize and POETRY's Editors Prize for Reviewing. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Vice-Chair of Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and Co-Chair of the Copyright Licensing Agency(CLA). He was born and educated in Hong Kong and now lives in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kit Fan \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48449307443357,"sku":"9781642861655","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7d2c2a54-18ee-43ec-be49-61903676d7f1.jpg?v=1781631786","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/goodbye-chinatown-9781642861655","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}