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A rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of 1930s Shanghai by the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN PEKING.

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Eyewitness accounts from moles at the Shanghai Municipal Police, letters home, and contemporary newspaper articles furnish this meticulously researched story where French takes you deep into the Badlands, grips you by the throat and doesn´t let go. But of course, the bigger story is that of our two main protagonists, their ambition, dreams and ultimately, how they never quite got away with it.

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