{"product_id":"crimson-in-the-water-nigel-beaumont-9781456775032","title":"Crimson in the Water: Tsai Yuling's Dramatic Early Life in Subtropical South-East China Between 1934 and 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ordinary people caught in a hotpot' (from a Chinese saying)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina in the1930s and early 40s... In the hotpot: tongue-scrapers, black kite lovers, simpletons, brothel girls, floggers, Reds, warlords, peasant farmers, Taoist priests, Japanese airmen and 'Imperialist devils' (invaders from the land of the Rising Sun) ...\u003cb\u003eand Yuling\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is his epic story, from an eleven-year-old who bonds with his nature-loving grandfather at a hut high above the world in big cat territory ... to near death dreaming... to young adulthood as a brilliant artist in forbidden love in a political and war-torn motherland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in the lush sub-tropical south-east, \u003cb\u003eCrimson in the Water\u003c\/b\u003e is inspired drama at its pulsating best, with captivating prose and evocative dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly readers: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Utterly gripping, you do not quite know what is going to happen next, you think this will happen and then it takes a different direction - brilliant!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This novel very soon said \"movie\" to me.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The story grabbed me, it kept me hugely looking forward to the next moment, I read it at home, in the car, on holiday, and on the ferry.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Beaumont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1456775030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781456775032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d","brand":"Nigel Beaumont","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485230706943,"sku":"9781456775032","price":31.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01e3cc05-b223-4b5e-a6ad-420bc3a2c63c.jpg?v=1778048768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crimson-in-the-water-nigel-beaumont-9781456775032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}