Kiss Me, Hadley: A Novel
by Nick Macfie
Nick Macfie has outdone himself in this wry yet raucous sequel to Hadley in Kiss Me, Hadley. In the same vein as author Tom Sharpe, Macfie reaches into the darkest recesses of the displaced Englishman’s mind to weave a plot consisting of preposterous circumstances and humorous dialogue executed with laser-like precision. To read of Hadley’s seedy adventures is to experience the bawdiest corners of Hong Kong with both derision and delight. In Kiss Me, Hadley, an English girl with a Chinese father gets caught up in an illegal floating casino. A benevolent gangster kills a dodgy dealer with a bow and arrow. It’s Christmas in Hong Kong and journalist Hadley Arnold, king of the cynical hacks, is in trouble again.