“The Catskinner” is a faction novel set in Hong Kong during the time of the tense negotiations for the reversion of the territory’s sovereignty from Britain to China in the 1980s.
It accurately portrays the anxiety of the people, the intrigue behind the political manoeuvrings, the vibrancy and splendour of one of the world’s great cities.
“The Catskinner” is also a pulsating thriller involving a killer bent on setting in train a series of devastating events that threaten to shift the path of Hong Kong history forever, challenging regional and world security – awakening the beast in the dragon – and a newspaper reporter who stumbles on the story – and then finds himself not just reporting it but becoming a deadly part of it
