For readers used to Nury Vittachi's other books, North Wind is a change of pace. This shocking true story of journalists under seige will astonish anyone who trusts the Hong Kong media. It's part confession, part expose, and part journalistic philosophy -- but all essential reading.
Nury Vittachi's latest novel is a detective story with a twist, for the sleuth is neither a police officer, nor a down-at-heel PI, nor even a mediaeval monk -- CF Wong is a geomancer, an expert in the Asian discipline of Feng Shui.
A sequel being written live on the Internet. It started in September 2000, at www.english.hongkong.com.
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Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Markets
Nury Vittachi offers an insight into Faber's background, including his history, his winners and losers and the unconventional way that he conducts his research. The result is a detailed portrait of 'Dr Doom' -- who he is and how he came to be in his present position.
Reliable Sauce (1991)
A hilarious true diary of a year in the life of Hong Kong.
Only in Hong Kong (1993)
This collection of anecdotes and reports about Hong Kong is constantly reprinted.
Travellers’ Tales (1994)
Bizarre stories and photographs from around Asia.
Ludwig and the Chewy Chunks Café (1995)
A multi-cultural story for the eight to 11 age group.
The Hong Kong Joke Book (1995)
Popular collection of hundreds of local-theme jokes.
Asian Values (1996)
A fast-paced, breathless novel about a Western woman who gets handcuffed to an Asian man for 24 hours as part of a "rag day" stunt by students.
Goodbye Hong Kong, Hello Xianggang (1997)
A collection of humorous essays presented as a souvenir of the handover.
Guardians of the Treasure House (1998)
A financial history of Hong Kong.
The Ultimate Only in Hong Kong Collection (1999)
A distillation of everything wonderful about Hong Kong - from wacky names to barely believable stories.
CNN describes him as "the beat reporter of the offbeat". But Nury Vittachi is usually introduced more simply as Hong Kong's best-selling English language author ...
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Nury Vittachi's weekly column in the Far East Economic Review, covering some of the stranger, and funnier, happenings in Asia.
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