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'Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese 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 illegitimate daughter of a Japanese officer and a Chinese mother who abandoned her on the doorstep of a Catholic orphanage. 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 dark and dangerous international trade in sex workers and heroin trafficking involving the American CIA. Simon ... must save her at any cost. ... Fortune Cookie [is] a love story set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War.' (Penguin website)
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Dedication: For Robbee Minicola
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27) -
Adventures in the Exotic East
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 February 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2010-2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 December-1 January 2010-2011; (p. 20) The Age , 31 December-1 January 2010-2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-Off 2011 single work children's fiction ; Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Courtenay Counts the Cost of Cultural Capital
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 December 2010; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Review of the Week
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 December 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel
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Fiction Reviews
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 - 28 November 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Review of the Week
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 December 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Courtenay Counts the Cost of Cultural Capital
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 December 2010; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2010-2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 December-1 January 2010-2011; (p. 20) The Age , 31 December-1 January 2010-2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-Off 2011 single work children's fiction ; Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Adventures in the Exotic East
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 February 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Fortune Cookie 2010 single work novel -
Courtenay a Clever Cookie
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 November 2010; (p. 6-7) -
Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27)
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cSingapore,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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