Patricia , charts the world , tells stories in 624-page book . She pored through now - defunct newspapers , accounts , old records , books . Out of it emerges a social history of Hong Kong and the cemetery . `` You do n't go there for recreation . '' Women were prominent , prostitution was high ; brothels , bars very popular .
Patricia , charts the world , tells stories in 624-page book . She pored through now - defunct newspapers , accounts , old records , books . Out of it emerges a social history of Hong Kong and the cemetery . Women were prominent , prostitution was high ; brothels , bars very popular .