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The City of Devils Comes to the Suzhou Bookworm – 19/3/18

Posted: March 18th, 2018 | No Comments »

Monday, March 19, 7pm

CITY OF DEVILS: A SHANGHAI NOIR

恶魔之城:一个上海黑帮

Paul French

It’s time to go back and explore Shanghai’s Badlands…

Immerse yourself in 1940’s Shanghai with this astonishing story of two men whose lives intertwine in crime and twisted friendship. In a city under siege Viennese Joe Farren rose to fame by cashing in on Shanghai’s desperate pleasure seeking. King of the chorus lines, his name was splashed in neon across the infamous Badlands nightclub ‘Farren’s’. American fugitive Jack Riley, his fingertips acid-burnt found a future in Shanghai as ‘The Slots King’. ‘Dapper Joe’ and ‘Lucky Jack’ collided, clashed and came together again in a frantic struggle to survive the city’s last days. In City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir Paul French resurrects the denizens of old Shanghai’s ganglands, the drug-running, the gambling, and the graft, vividly restoring this long-overlooked side of the city’s history.

是时候回到那个曾经风起云涌的上海,去找寻、去发现······

设想你置身于四十年代的上海,置身于两个男人惊心动魄的故事里,他们的生活被罪恶和扭曲的友谊纠缠在一起。在一个沦陷的城市里,维也纳人Joe Farren靠钻营上海人的寻欢作乐而成名。他是合唱队的领军人物,他的名字在臭名昭著的夜总会Farren’s的霓虹灯中闪烁。从美国逃亡而来的Jack Riley,虽指尖被酸烧残,但他在上海成为了“老虎机之王”。“精明强悍的乔”和“幸运的杰克”在城市的末世飘零中,他们碰撞,冲突,他们又残酷的生存斗争走到一起。在《恶魔之城》中,Paul French呈现了旧上海帮派中的外来族裔、毒品走私、赌博和贪污,生动地再现了这座城市在历史中湮没的一面。

This event will be in English.本活动为英文专场。



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