'Shanghai's champion storyteller - He grips his reader to the end' Economist
'Gripping, breakneck ultra-noir reminiscent of vintage Ellroy' David Peace, author of Red or Dead
'If you love Richard Lloyd Parry and David Grann, don't miss City of Devils' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me
1930s Shanghai was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, oppression outrun, fortunes made - and lost.
This is the story of 'Lucky' Jack Riley, the Slot King of Shanghai, and 'Dapper' Joe Farren, owner of the greatest clubs and casinos. It tells of their escape from American prisons and Vienna's ghetto, their rise to power, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams seemed possible.
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Born in London and educated there and in Glasgow, Paul French lived and worked in Shanghai for many years before returning to London in 2013. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China and North Korea having written a number of books including a history of foreign correspondents in China and a biography of the legendary Shanghai adman, journalist and adventurer C...
Born in London and educated there and in Glasgow, Paul French lived and worked in Shanghai for many years before returning to London in 2013. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China and North Korea having written a number of books including a history of foreign correspondents in China and a biography of the legendary Shanghai adman, journalist and adventurer Carl Crow.
His most recent work (summer 2018) is City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir - A dramatic account of Shanghai's lawless 1930s and two of its most notorious criminals. So far, the reviews have been good - 'Shanghai's champion storyteller - He grips his reader to the end' Economist; 'Gripping, breakneck ultra-noir reminiscent of vintage Ellroy' David Peace, author of Red or Dead; 'If you love Richard Lloyd Parry and David Grann, don't miss City of Devils' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me
His literary non-fiction book, Midnight in Peking, was an international success becoming a New York Times Bestseller, BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and has been optioned for television by Kudos Film and Television in the UK. Midnight in Peking was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards finalist and also won both the 2013 Edgar Best Fact Crime book award by the Mystery Writers' of America and the Crime Writers' Association (UK) non-fiction Dagger award. The judges praised 'the way he brilliantly evoked the uneasy atmosphere of China's capital 80 years ago.'
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0 有用 ici 2023-05-03 18:31:59 上海
就是这么引人入胜！
0 有用 ici 2023-05-03 18:31:59 上海
就是这么引人入胜！