Since the publication of his first novel, The Monkey King, in 1978, Timothy Mo's reputation has been rising steadily. He has won several prestigious literary awards and has established himself as a le...
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In the following review of An Insular Possession, Enright provides an outline of the historical facts in Mo's narrative and assesses Mo's fictional rendition.
An Insular Possession is...
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In the following review, Messud provides a concise description of Mo’s first novel, The Monkey King.
Here is a welcome re-issue of Timothy Mo’s first, vastly entertaining and accompli...
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In the following essay, Ho examines the strategies adopted by Mo in his presentation of history in An Insular Possession.
An Insular Possession (1986), Timothy Mo’s third novel, represents a...
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In the following review, Clee comments on the thematic motifs in Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard.
Timothy Mo’s literary career has drifted up a creek. He started out with two critically acc...
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In the following review of Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard, Taylor discusses the narrative structure and political theme of the novel.
The publishing history of Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard lo...
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In the following review, Tyrrell provides a succinct account of the satirical quality in Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard.
Timothy Mo’s first novel, Sour Sweet, a fine satire about a Hong Ko...
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In the following review, Mars-Jones complains of the stylistic and technical flaws in Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard.
Was it Randall Jarrell who defined a novel as a long piece of prose fiction w...
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In the following review, Tonkin briefly compares Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard with John le Carré’s Our Game.
Timothy Mo and John le Carré have both written novels that pit ...
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In the following essay, McLeod examines Mo’s Sour Sweet in terms of the postmodern and postcolonial theories of Homi K. Bhabha.
Exploring the relationship between postmodernism and postcolon...
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In the following review, Wilson describes the stylistic qualities of Mo’s prose in An Insular Possession while also presenting an account of the novel's plot and setting.
Timothy Mo&#...
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In the following review, Winks attempts to identify Mo's purpose and achievement in An Insular Possession.
Timothy Mo has sent his craft up a crowded river. A few years ago C. Mary Turnball,...
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In the following review, Yardley comments on Mo’s narrative skills and characterizes the author's shortcomings.
The ways of book publishing being as they are, the immensely gifted you...
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In the following review, Buruma discusses the metaphorical motifs and characteristic features of Mo's style in An Insular Possession.
What will happen after 1997? This is the first thing peo...
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In the following review, Feldman looks at the literary antecedent of The Monkey King and discusses the intricacies of the novel.
One of China's most famous and best-loved novels, the 16th-Ce...
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In the following review, Jussawalla discusses Mo's skills and shortcomings as a writer as evidenced in An Insular Possession.
Timothy Mo’s novel An Insular Possession is a rather slow...
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In the following essay, Rothfolk explores the philosophical underpinnings and actions of Mo's characters in Sour Sweet.
Timothy Mo’s three novels are all concerned with social philoso...
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Timothy (Peter) Mo
Critical Review by D. J. Enright
