ISBN: 962-7160-95-4
Dimensions: 361 pp, 200 x 140 mm
Price: HK$150/US$18

“New is the writer we have been waiting for, having both an insider’s knowledge and the finely honed skills to put it eloquently into words. His book is a superb evocation of atmosphere, of the way people felt, spoke and behaved. It is likely to remain the definitive Hong Kong novel.”

Far Eastern Economic Review

"New's is a dark vision, but colonial Hong Kong produced nothing finer. This is that place's sombre epitaph."

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong in 1983, a city extraordinarily diverse and vital, yet taut with underlying anxiety and suspense as London negotiates with Beijing about the future of this final jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown.

Eurasian Michael Denton had always hoped his wealth would protect his family in times like these, but when he receives a message from his sister in Shanghai, he feels the ground move under his feet. Once a devoted communist, Lily has now lost her faith and wants him to help her leave China. Michael cannot refuse, but the risks are high - if he fails he will be ruined.

As Hong Kong’s fate hovers in the balance, so too does Michael’s. Haunted by the past, he faces agonising choices, which will affect many other lives besides his own.

A Change of Flag, released by Bantam in 1990, is the culminating work of Christopher New’s celebrated novels on the apogee and decline of the British Empire on the China Coast. The other titles are The Chinese Box and The New York Times Best-Seller Shanghai.

Asia 2000 Has also published Christopher New's The Road to Maridur.

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