{"product_id":"gangsters-of-shanghai-paperback","title":"Gangsters of Shanghai - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerry O'Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Historical Thriller Set in Old Shanghai Will Keep You Guessing Until the Very End!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and easier women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael encounters Shanghai's biggest philanthropist, a man called Big Ears Lu - who is also its creepiest racketeer.\u003cbr\u003eHe falls for the beautiful courtesan Miriam Tsai. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut does Michael's collusion with Lu keep Miriam trapped in the House of Multiple Joys? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShanghai in 1927 is a city where after dark anything seems possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA city where anyone can be crushed, and anyone corrupted. Even an innocent Irish cop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the wreckage of guerrilla war in Ireland to the dawn of world war in Asia, Gangsters of Shanghai seethes with 20th Century turbulence and temptation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Mike Gallagher remain uncorrupted, and escape the imploding city with his life and his self-respect? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you want to find out what happens to Michael, scroll up and buy your copy today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom out of nowhere, this is one of the most enjoyable Shanghai novels we've read... Seek this superbly researched and deftly written novel out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Desmond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCity Weekend Magazine, Shanghai\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCould not put this book down. As good as Grisham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard McCormack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmazon.com reader\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuperbly researched, it beggars belief that Gangsters of Shanghai is not filling the shelves in bookshops. It certainly deserves to be a best-seller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lowther\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmazon.UK (Author of 'The Blue Pencil')\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA crime drama that jumps back and forth between China and Ireland during the turbulent first third of the 20th Century .... This mystery thriller manages to provide more than enough well-rendered excitement to sustain readers' attention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerry O'Sullivan's portrait of Jazz-Age Shanghai is pungent and lush .... Action shifts back and forth between Shanghai in the late 1920s and early '30s, and the slightly earlier Troubles in Ireland .... O'Sullivan's rich descriptions and clearly extensive research brought both alive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderground Book Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt reached the top ten in the Amazon 'thrillers historical' genre .... The main protagonist .... carrying the adventurer's essential item of luggage, a broken heart, sets off to join the Shanghai Municipal Police .... One of the great strengths of this book is its credible atmosphere. Shanghai was a smouldering pit of corruption, poverty and hedonism, with a heaving and colourful nightlife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrainne Keays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimerick Leader, Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerry O'Sullivan was born in Limerick, Ireland, where he indulged his taste for historical fiction, intelligent action thrillers and adventure books. A graduate of the University of Limerick, he moved to Australia and worked in the international education sector. Gerry was inspired to write this action mystery by his granduncle, a Detective Inspector in the Shanghai Municipal Police during the 1920's. Spellbound by old photographs and family lore, Gerry resolved to write an action adventure thriller with the accuracy of historical fiction. Gerry travelled to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Brandeis University, Boston where the top-secret files of the Shanghai Municipal Police Special Branch are kept on microfilm (they were smuggled out of Shanghai by the CIA in 1949). Gerry then moved to Singapore to immerse himself in the atmosphere of a fast paced English-speaking Asian city, as Shanghai was in the 1920's and 1930's. To achieve the pulse-quickening features of an action mystery with the demandingly accurate details of historical fiction, Gerry blended his granduncle's stories about his Shanghai police work, years of scholarly research, and his own experiences of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522821353779,"sku":"9780987451729","price":27.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WHBXQlVOL3FSdVRMR3cwRWk2b09hZz09.webp?v=1760557989","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/gangsters-of-shanghai-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}