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City of Devils audiobook
- By: Paul French
- Narrator: Paul Chan
- Category: Organized Crime, True Crime
- Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: July 03, 2018
- Language: English
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City of Devils Audiobook Summary
By Paul French, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking–winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction–comes a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai. City of Devils is a dynamic audiobook that will captivate listeners everywhere.
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 rivalled 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.
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City of Devils Audiobook Narrator
Paul Chan is the narrator of City of Devils audiobook that was written by Paul French
Paul French has been based in Shanghai for many years as Chief China Representative of research and analysis consultancy Access Asia. He is a regular commentator of China and North East Asia on the international media. He is the author of a number of previous books including the well received North Korea The Paranoid Pensinsula for Zed Books.
Sam Chambers has lived in China for a decade and his career as a travel and transport writer has taken him to the four corners of the country. He has co-authored a number of books including a travel guide to Yunnan and Hunan provinces as well as a transportation guide to the Yangtze. Writing for a variety of titles including the Sunday Times and the Royal Geographic Society Chambers follows very closely the day-to-day needs and demands of this rapidly evolving nation. After living in Hong Kong for many years he is now based in the northeastern city of Dalian.
About the Author(s) of City of Devils
Paul French is the author of City of Devils
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City of Devils Full Details
| Narrator | Paul Chan |
| Length | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Author | Paul French |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | July 03, 2018 |
| ISBN | 9781427298454 |
Subjects
The publisher of the City of Devils is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Organized Crime, True Crime
Additional info
The publisher of the City of Devils is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427298454.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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