Paul French

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City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old ShanghaiPaperback, 2 July 2019

City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
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Print Length
336 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Picador USA
Date Published
2 Jul 2019
ISBN-10
1250170591
ISBN-13
9781250170590

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Now one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the Year

From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking--winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction--comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai.

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 rivaled 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.

Product Details

Author:
Paul French
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
2 July 2019
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.46 x 2.79 cm
Genre:
Asian - Chinese
ISBN-10:
1250170591
ISBN-13:
9781250170590
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Weight:
294.83 gm

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