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Liu Zhenyun

The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon: A Novel of Contemporary China

Arcade Publishing, 2015.,

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Author
Liu Zhenyun
Publishers
Arcade Publishing, 2015.
Keyword
CINA China Chine
Cover description
Good
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo Hardcover in dj Ex-library book in good condition with typical stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption. The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China?s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.
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