City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai by French, Paul

City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250170590)

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City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai by French, Paul

City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai

$18.00
City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai by French, Paul

City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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Now one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the Year

From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking--winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction--comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai.

Shanghai, 1930s: It was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, and fortunes made--and lost.

"Lucky" Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-U.S. Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison and rose to become the Slots King of Shanghai. "Dapper" Joe Farren--a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto--ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld's.

In 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation, and war. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams could come true.

Author: Paul French
ISBN-10: 1250170591
ISBN-13: 9781250170590
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2019
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.10d
By Paul French
By Paul French
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PAUL FRENCH was born in London, educated there and in Glasgow, and has lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and will be made into an international mini-series by Kudos Film and Television, the UK creators of Broadchurch and Life on Mars.

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