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Inside The Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man Paperback - 2008
by August, Oliver
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August stumbles onto the hunt for Chinas most wanted man, Lai Changxing. In this tale of rise and fall, August sets out to find the self-made billionaire, in the hope that if he can understand how Lai reinvented himself, he will also understand the forces transforming modern China.
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Details
- Title Inside The Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
- Author August, Oliver
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books
- Date 2008-06-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ01S6DA_ns
- ISBN 9780547053509 / 0547053509
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.72 x 5.98 x 0.69 in (22.15 x 15.19 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Dewey Decimal Code 951.050
Summary
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.