Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao
Jonathan Tel$14.45
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"A tour de force of deep knowledge, uncanny powers of observation, and brilliant tragicomic invention." --James Lasdun
"A remarkable and very moving feat of storytelling." --Andrew Holgate
A Foreword Reviews Editor's pick Money makes Beijing go round in Jonathan Tel's seductive, puzzle-like novel-in-stories. China is the center of the world, and the center of China is Beijing, and at the center of Beijing is a billionaire financier named Qin. At the opening of this novel-in-stories, billionaire Qin is lying in state at his funeral, victim of a sudden and premature death. Moving back and forth in time, we meet a wide range of Chinese, all linked to Qin by a degree or two of separation: a property developer, a street artist, a prostitute, a fashion model, a spy, a thief, an expat lawyer, a muckraking journalist. By the end of this biting, post-post-modern cultural observation, the manner of Qin's death is revealed. Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao presents today's China in its full and fabulous complexity.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Turtle Point Press
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9781885983725
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Foreword 12/26/2019
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2020
"A remarkable and very moving feat of storytelling." --Andrew Holgate
A Foreword Reviews Editor's pick Money makes Beijing go round in Jonathan Tel's seductive, puzzle-like novel-in-stories. China is the center of the world, and the center of China is Beijing, and at the center of Beijing is a billionaire financier named Qin. At the opening of this novel-in-stories, billionaire Qin is lying in state at his funeral, victim of a sudden and premature death. Moving back and forth in time, we meet a wide range of Chinese, all linked to Qin by a degree or two of separation: a property developer, a street artist, a prostitute, a fashion model, a spy, a thief, an expat lawyer, a muckraking journalist. By the end of this biting, post-post-modern cultural observation, the manner of Qin's death is revealed. Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao presents today's China in its full and fabulous complexity.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Turtle Point Press
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9781885983725
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Foreword 12/26/2019
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2020