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Joseph Kanon’s Old Shanghai…. hhhmmm, let’s have a look

Posted: February 8th, 2025 | No Comments »

Though long a fan of his previous books I was distinctly unimpressed with his latest novel Shanghai – and quite where he got some of his notions of the place from? Ha! what can you do, the old town will always be a City of Devils. See my review, and thoughts on writing about Old Shanghai in fiction and creative/literary non-fiction in the China Books Review here



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