Suzie Wong is a multimedia franchise set in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, originating from the 1957 novel "

The World of Suzie Wong ''The World of Suzie Wong'' is a 1957 novel by British writer Richard Mason. The main characters are Robert Lomax, a young British artist living in Hong Kong, and Suzie Wong, the title character, a Chinese woman who works as a prostitute. ...

" written by Richard Mason. It centres around the fictional prostitute ''

Suzie Wong Suzie Wong can refer to: * ''The World of Suzie Wong'', a 1957 novel by Richard Mason ** ''Suzie Wong'' (franchise), a media franchise originating from the novel ** ''The World of Suzie Wong'' (film), the 1960 film adaptation of the novel * Suz ...

''. The franchise inspired the term "

" for describing a particular type of East Asian woman, and prostitutes in general, especially in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War era.

List of works

* ''The World of Suzie Wong'' (1957 novel) by Richard Mason * ''The World of Suzie Wong'' (1958 stage play) adapted by

Paul Osborn Paul Osborn (September 4, 1901 – May 12, 1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Osborn's original plays are '' The Vinegar Tree'', ''Oliver Oliver'', and ''Morning's at Seven'' and among his several successful adaptations, ''On Bo ...

* ''The World of Suzie Wong'' (1960 film) * "

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" (2001 theatrical dance) adapted by Yuri Ng * "

" (2006 ballet) adapted by Stephen Jefferies, and scored by Chris Babida *'' For Goodness Sake: A Novel of the Afterlife of Suzie Wong'' (2008 novel) by James Clapp writing as Sebastian Gerard, an unofficial unauthorized sequel * ''Suzie'' (2010 novel) by Leon Pang, an unofficial unauthorized sequel

References

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