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South China Morning Blues

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There's no place onEarth quite like it. From Guangzhou to Hong Kong, the boomingmegalopolis of the Pearl River Delta has endless stories to tell. South China MorningBlues is filled with these tales of the postmodern East: depraved,rapidly changing, and never boring. Just what kinds ofcharacters find themselves in 21st-century China? There's Marco,a crooked businessman with a penchant for call girls; Danny, aculture-shocked young traveler; Sheila, a local club girl caughtup in family politics; Amber, a drug-fueled aspiring model; Terry, an alcoholic journalist; and Ting Ting, a lovable artist witha chip on her shoulder. Their lives intertwine in unexpected ways, as they delve deeper into theirsurroundings and in the process learn more about themselves. China may be leadingthe world into the future, but its inhabitants are going to haveto make sense of the present if that future is ever going to arrive.
Newspaper journalist Ray Hecht was born in Israel and raised in the American Midwest. He lives in Shenzhen, China.
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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