{"product_id":"9781398519787","title":"Shanghai","description":"Author: Joseph Kanon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398519787\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this dazzling thriller, internationally bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business. A love affair against all odds, a city dancing on the rim of a volcano—Shanghai is the story of a political haven that becomes a minefield of conflicting loyalties.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle, his father’s brother, upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the package contains. On board is Leah, also fleeing the Nazis. She and Daniel conduct a passionate but brief shipboard affair, but are separated as soon as the ship docks in Shanghai. Will he ever see her again?\u003cbr\u003e\n\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\n Daniel is immediately plunged into his uncle’s seductive and corrupt world, and becomes involved in the launch of a new nightclub, the biggest, best and most glitzy in town. When violence breaks out and lives are at risk, he finds himself drawn irrevocably into the terrifying underworld that is wartime Shanghai.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeautifully atmospheric and intricately plotted, this masterful thriller marks exciting new ground for an author hailed by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e as ‘the most accomplished spy novelist working today’.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Heart-poundingly suspenseful' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape' \u003cb\u003eLEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Kanon is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carré and Greene but even of Orwell' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Joseph Kanon continues to demonstrate that he is up there with the very best . . . he is the master of the shadows of the era' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Sensational! No one writes period fiction with the same style and suspense – not to mention substance – as Joseph Kanon' \u003cb\u003eScott Turow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Thoroughly absorbing, a thoughtful and subtle evocation of a place and era' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'The perfect combination of intrigue and accurate history\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebrought to life' \u003cb\u003eAlan Furst\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46601214296222,"sku":"HPC-9781398519787","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781398519787.jpg?v=1773293782","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781398519787","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}