The Washington Post, January 15th, 1989
HONG KONG By Jan Morris Random House. 359 pp. $19.95 THE TRAVEL writer carries a massive disadvantage in his Samsonite; he is instructed to write captivatingly and in depth, with insider knowledge, of a place he flies into, where he has never resided and where he has no friends, only acquaintances. His view is restricted to what he sees, not what he feels, and no amount of background reading and interviewing can provide the essentials. The travel writer has to live, not just experience, his subject. And, of all the challenges he can be thrust against, Hong Kong is the most demanding. To captur...
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