Shanghai
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the teeming, treacherous world of 1920s Shanghai — a city where empires collide and fortunes dissolve overnight — William Marshall's Shanghai plunges readers into one of history's most electrifying urban landscapes. The novel chronicles a gripping tale set against the backdrop of the infamous International Settlement, where Western colonialism, Chinese nationalism, and the criminal underworld intersect in a volatile and morally complex dance of power and survival. Marshall, best known for his celebrated Yellowthread Street series, brings to Shanghai the same razor-sharp atmospheric precision and darkly ironic wit that defined his Hong Kong police procedurals. His prose captures the city's sensory overload — the opium dens, the rickshaw-lined boulevards, the backroom deals — with an authenticity that immerses the reader utterly. A master of place and tension, Marshall constructs a narrative that is as much an indictment of colonial hubris as it is a breathless thriller, leaving the reader to wonder who, in a city built on exploitation, can truly be trusted.
Author: William Marshall
Format: Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the teeming, treacherous world of 1920s Shanghai — a city where empires collide and fortunes dissolve overnight — William Marshall's Shanghai plunges readers into one of history's most electrifying urban landscapes. The novel chronicles a gripping tale set against the backdrop of the infamous International Settlement, where Western colonialism, Chinese nationalism, and the criminal underworld intersect in a volatile and morally complex dance of power and survival. Marshall, best known for his celebrated Yellowthread Street series, brings to Shanghai the same razor-sharp atmospheric precision and darkly ironic wit that defined his Hong Kong police procedurals. His prose captures the city's sensory overload — the opium dens, the rickshaw-lined boulevards, the backroom deals — with an authenticity that immerses the reader utterly. A master of place and tension, Marshall constructs a narrative that is as much an indictment of colonial hubris as it is a breathless thriller, leaving the reader to wonder who, in a city built on exploitation, can truly be trusted.