Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
by August, Oliver
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The notorious gangster Lai Changxing started out as an illiterate farmer, but in the tumult of China’s burgeoning economy, he seized the opportunity to remake himself as a bandit king. A newly minted billionaire of outsized personality and even greater appetites, he was a living legend who eventually ran afoul of authorities. The journalist Oliver August set out to find the fugitive Lai. On his quest he encountered a highly entertaining series of criminals and oddball entrepreneursand acquired unique insight into the paradoxes of modern China. Part crime caper, part travelogue, part trenchant cultural analysis, August’s page-turning account captures China’s giddy vibe and its darker vulnerabilities.
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- Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
- Author
- August, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- ISBN 10
- 0618714987
- ISBN 13
- 9780618714988
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2007
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