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City of devils, the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai, Paul French

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City of devils, the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai, Paul French

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

City of devils

Oclc number

1020295726

Responsibility statement

Paul French

Sub title

the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai

Summary

"In the 1930s, Shanghai 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. "Dapper" Joe Farren--a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls--ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld's. 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."--Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

The Devil's last dance -- The rise to greatness -- The lords of misrule -- The hour between dog and wolf -- The fallen city

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