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1919 - He was born on May 16th and was raised in England but he lived for nearly four decades in Rome.
1947 - Mason wrote The Wind Cannot Read, while living in a tent in Burma, on a portable typewriter.
1949 - His novel, The Shadow and the Peak was published.
1957 - His third novel, The World of Suzie Wong, was about a British artist who went to Hong Kong to get away from problems and falls in love with a prostitute.
1962 - His last novel, The Fever Tree, was about a British undercover agent goes to India to arrange for the killing of a king in Nepal but falls in love with a married Indian woman.
1997 - Died on October 13th in Rome.
1947 - Mason wrote The Wind Cannot Read, while living in a tent in Burma, on a portable typewriter.
1949 - His novel, The Shadow and the Peak was published.
1957 - His third novel, The World of Suzie Wong, was about a British artist who went to Hong Kong to get away from problems and falls in love with a prostitute.
1962 - His last novel, The Fever Tree, was about a British undercover agent goes to India to arrange for the killing of a king in Nepal but falls in love with a married Indian woman.
1997 - Died on October 13th in Rome.
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