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'Six years ago, Mischa Reese left her abusive husband and suffocating life in California and reinvented herself in steamy, chaotic Hanoi. In Vietnam, she finds satisfying work and enjoys a life of relative luxury and personal freedom. Thirty-five and single, Mischa believes that romance and passion are for teenagers; a view with which her cynical, promiscuous expat friends agree.
'But then a friend introduces Mischa to his visiting eighteen-year-old son. Cal is a strikingly attractive Vietnamese-Australian boy, but he's resentful of his father, and of the nation which has stolen him away. His beauty and righteous idealism awaken something in Mischa and the two launch into an affair that threatens Mischa's friendships and reputation and challenges her sense of herself as unselfish and good.
'Set among the louche world of Hanoi's expatriate community, Fishing for Tigers is about a woman struggling with the morality of finding peace in a war-haunted city, personal fulfilment in the midst of poverty and sexual joy with a vulnerable youth.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Epigraph:
Innocence is like a dumb leper who lost his bell,
wandering the world, meaning no harm.
-Graham Greene, A Quiet American
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Best Young Australian Novelists
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 28-29) 'In a strong year for emerging writers, The Sydney Morning Herald shines a spotlight on six winners with extraordinary stories, writer Marc McEvoy.' -
Emily Maguire : Fishing for Tigers
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2012;
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
Bookmark
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 September 2012; (p. 30)
— Review of The Darkest Little Room 2012 single work novel ; Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
Expatriates and Escapees
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 29 September 2012; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
The Struggle to Find Existence
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel ; The Darkest Little Room 2012 single work novel
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
Cool Cougars on the Prowl in a Tour of Greeneland
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 August 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
Lust and Emotion in Modern-Day Vietnam
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 September 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
Love in a Foreign Climate
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 September 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel -
The Struggle to Find Existence
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Fishing for Tigers 2012 single work novel ; The Darkest Little Room 2012 single work novel -
Great Expat-tations
Portia Lindsay
(interviewer),
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 28) -
The Best Young Australian Novelists
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 28-29) 'In a strong year for emerging writers, The Sydney Morning Herald shines a spotlight on six winners with extraordinary stories, writer Marc McEvoy.'
Awards
- 2013 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
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Hanoi,
cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,