The Badlands: Decadent Playground of Old Peking
decadent playground of old peking
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- Hardcover
84 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2013
Summary
The Badlands: Peking’s Playground of Vice and Intrigue
An evocative account by Paul French, author of the acclaimed Midnight in Peking, of the infamous nightlife district of pre-communist Beijing.
Through portraits of eight White Russians, Americans and Europeans who lived and worked in the Badlands in the 1920s and ‘30s, Paul French brings the area and its era vividly to life. A small warren of narrow hutongs, the Badlands sat just inside the eastern flank of the Tartar Wal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780670080991 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0670080993 |
| Author: | Paul French |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Viking Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 84 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 159mm x 15mm |
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“An engrossing read.” - Oprah.com on Midnight in Peking
“A compulsively readable true crime work in the tradition of Devil in the White City.” –Atlantic.com“An engrossing read.” - Oprah.com on Midnight in Peking
About The Author
Paul French
Born in London and educated there and in Glasgow, Paul French has lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. He is a widely published analyst and commentator on China and has written a number of books, including a history of foreign correspondents in China and a biography of the legendary Shanghai adman, journalist and adventurer Carl Crow. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and will be made into an international miniseries.
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