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Dolan naoise6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Exciting Times examines the phenomenon of young Westerners who come to Hong Kong to teach with few credentials other than their native fluency in English, though the mood of the period in which Naoise Dolan wrote and set the book-pre-pandemic and before 2019’s sweeping political demonstrations-contrasts with how the city feels today.Įxciting Times is the debut novel from 29-year-old Dolan, from Dublin, Ireland. Any author who chooses to set their story in Hong Kong must decide how to grapple with the city’s unique cultural make-up, and how much shifting tensions in society should be addressed. ![]()
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