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South China Morning Blues
By Ray Hecht
Published by Blacksmith Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
There’s no place on Earth quite like it. From Guangzhou to Hong Kong, the booming megalopolis of the Pearl River Delta has endless stories to tell.
South China Morning Blues is filled with these tales of the postmodern East: depraved, rapidly changing, and never boring.
Just what kinds of characters find themselves in 21st-century China? There’s Marco, a crooked businessman with a penchant for call girls; Danny, a culture-shocked young traveler; Sheila, a local club girl caught up in family politics; Amber, a drug-fueled aspiring model; Terry, an alcoholic journalist; and Ting Ting, a lovable artist with a chip on her shoulder.
Their lives intertwine in unexpected ways, as they delve deeper into their surroundings and in the process learn more about themselves.
China may be leading the world into the future, but its inhabitants are going to have to make sense of the present if that future is ever going to arrive.
South China Morning Blues is filled with these tales of the postmodern East: depraved, rapidly changing, and never boring.
Just what kinds of characters find themselves in 21st-century China? There’s Marco, a crooked businessman with a penchant for call girls; Danny, a culture-shocked young traveler; Sheila, a local club girl caught up in family politics; Amber, a drug-fueled aspiring model; Terry, an alcoholic journalist; and Ting Ting, a lovable artist with a chip on her shoulder.
Their lives intertwine in unexpected ways, as they delve deeper into their surroundings and in the process learn more about themselves.
China may be leading the world into the future, but its inhabitants are going to have to make sense of the present if that future is ever going to arrive.
Product Details
- Publisher: Blacksmith Books (January 7, 2016)
- Length: 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9789881376459
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If you know China at all, you will appreciate the characters and settings. And if you’re a China novice, you’ll understand more about a huge area that is often overshadowed by Beijing and Shanghai. I would recommend this book to everyone.
– Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of Good Chinese Wife
In the early 21st century, the Pearl River Delta spotlight has shifted from Hong Kong to the mainland side of the border. South China Morning Blues revels in the interlocking lives of the curious characters weaving a web of sex, drugs and Cantopop on the underside of the world's factory floor.
– Muhammad Cohen, author of Hong Kong On Air
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