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| Author | Timothy Mo |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Corinne Pearlman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | André Deutsch |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-571-12966-9 (Faber & Faber) ISBN 978-0-952-41937-2 (Paddleless Press) |
The Monkey King is the debut novel of Timothy Mo, originally published in London in 1978 by André Deutsch. It was subsequently released through other UK and US publishers – including Faber & Faber (paperback 1978), HarperCollins (hardcover 1978), Random House/Doubleday hardcover (1980), Vintage (softcover, 1993) – before being self-published by the author under the Paddleless Press imprint in 2000.[1] Comic and ironic in style,[2] the novel was chosen by Hilary Bailey of the New Fiction Society and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1979.[3]
A 10-part abridgement of the novel (by Margaret Busby) was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in 1997, from 23 June to 4 July, read by David Yip.[4]
- ^ "The monkey king", Paddleless Press. ISBN 0952419378; ISBN 9780952419372; LCC: PZ4.
- ^ "Timothy Mo" at Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ Timothy Mo, "SECOND THOUGHTS / File under nuts: Timothy Mo on his first novel, The Monkey King", The Independent, 7 May 1993.
- ^ "The Monkey King" (Radio 4, Book At Bedtime), Radio Listings.