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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     French, Paul, 1966- author.     Subjects     Farren, Joe, 1893-1941.     Riley, Jack, 1897-     Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Criminals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Crime -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      French, Paul, 1966- author.       by title:      City of devils : the...         MARC Display

City of devils : the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai / Paul French. by French, Paul, 1966- author. New York : Picador, [2018] Subjects Farren, Joe, 1893-1941.   Riley, Jack, 1897-   Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.   Noncitizens -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Criminals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Crime -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.   Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781250170583 (hardcover) : 1250170583 (hardcover) Description:  xvi, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  The Devil's last dance -- The rise to greatness -- The lords of misrule -- The hour between dog and wolf -- The fallen city. Requests:  0 Summary:  1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made - and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. Ruler of the clubs in that day was 'Dapper' Joe Farren - a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's and his name was in lights above the city's biggest casino. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams seemed possible. In the vein of true crime books whose real brilliance is the recreation of a time and place, this is impeccably researched narrative non-fiction told with superb energy and brio, as if James Ellroy had stumbled into a Shanghai cathouse.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hana P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 364.10609 Fr missing from shelf Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 French Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 364.10609 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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