Books by Austin Coates



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Austin Coates (1922–97) is widely regarded as the most distinguished English-language author in Hong Kong. A former senior British civil servant in Hong Kong, Malaya, and Sarawak, Coates left government service at age forty and pursued a professional writing career. He remained a long-time Hong Kong resident, later dividing his time between Hong Kong and Portugal, where he died.


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The Road
Austin Coates

A Macao Narrative
Austin Coates