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Midnight in Peking : How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last...

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
014312336X
ISBN-13
9780143123361
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038284908

Product Key Features

Book Title
Midnight in Peking : How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, Modern / 20th Century, Asia / China
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, History
Author
Paul French
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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" Midnight in Peking is both a detective story and a social history, and therefore as it should always keeps the hunt for Pamela's killers somewhere near the center of the narrative. [Paul French] is a wonderfully dexterous guide" Jonathan Spence in The New York Review of Books, "It is the storytelling flair that marks Midnight in Peking so highly above the run-of-the-mill true crime stories: with its false leads and twists, it sucks the reader in like the best fiction." The Scotsman, "This is a good murder story, well told, with all the additional pleasures that a knowledgeable tour guide to old China can provide. Grateful readers could scarcely ask for more." Joseph Kanon, author of Istanbul Passage , in The Washington Post "Never less than fascinating… one of the best portraits of between-the-wars China that has yet been written." The Wall Street Journal "Midnight in Peking is both a detective story and a social history, and therefore as it should always keeps the hunt for Pamela's killers somewhere near the center of the narrative. [Paul French] is a wonderfully dexterous guide" Jonathan Spence in The New York Review of Books "A crime story set among sweeping events is reminiscent of Graham Greene, particularly The Third Man, while French's terse, tightly-focussed style has rightly been compared to Chandler. Midnight in Peking deserves a place alongside both these masters." The Independent "A page-turning and fascinating true crime book. This is a genre-breaker that captures the atmosphere of 1930s Peking." The Bookseller [selected as One to Watch] "…the most talked-about read in town this year." The New Yorker's Page-Turner Blog "Midnight in Peking is true-crime writing at its best, full of vivid characters, an exotic locale, secrets galore, and a truly bewildering mystery." The Christian Science Monitor "…A compulsively readable true crime work in the tradition of Devil in the White City." The Atlantic.com "Not only does Mr. French succeed in solving the crime, he resurrects a period that was filled with glitter as well as evil, but was never, as readers will appreciate, known for being dull." The Economist "An engrossing read" Oprah.com "In today's Beijing, French's portrait feels surprisingly germane." The Los Angeles Times "Part historical docudrama, part tragic opera… [French] tells this sorry tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie." The Financial Times, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-phan∨ font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:¿ mso-fareast-language:¿ mso-bidi-language:¿} "Not only does Mr. French succeed in solving the crime, he resurrects a period that was filled with glitter as well as evil, but was never, as readers will appreciate, known for being dull." The Economist, "Historian French unravels a long-forgotten 1937 murder in this fascinating look at Peking (now Beijing) on the brink of Japanese occupation. French painstakingly reconstructs the crime and depicts the suspects… compelling evidence is coupled with a keen grasp of Chinese history in French's worthy account." Publisher's Weekly, "…Reads like a mystery thriller, with its dramatic cast of character and exotic setting." San Francisco Bay Guardian, "French provides a wealth of historical detail about a vanished era in interwar Peking… A well-composed, engaging, lurid tale." Kirkus, "Never less than fascinating… one of the best portraits of between-the-wars China that has yet been written." The Wall Street Journal, "…A compulsively readable true crime work in the tradition of Devil in the White City ." The Atlantic.com, "Part historical docudrama, part tragic opera… [French] tells this sorry tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie." The Financial Times, " Midnight in Peking is true-crime writing at its best, full of vivid characters, an exotic locale, secrets galore, and a truly bewildering mystery." The Christian Science Monitor,  "A page-turning and fascinating true crime book. This is a genre-breaker that captures the atmosphere of 1930s Peking." The Bookseller [selected as One to Watch ], "Similar to Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City , it's a compelling story brought to life by meticulous research." Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Treating his subjects with expertise and compassion, French creates a riveting portrait of the complicated tensions that existed during wartime in a city on the brink of destruction. This is a difficult book to put down!" Library Journal (starred review), "The shocking true tale, combined with prose you can't drag yourself away from, makes Midnight in Peking a work of non fiction as compulsive as any bestselling crime novel." Sunday Express (UK), "This is a good murder story, well told, with all the additional pleasures that a knowledgeable tour guide to old China can provide. Grateful readers could scarcely ask for more."   Joseph Kanon, author of Istanbul Passage , in The Washington Post, "[This} fitting elegy to a lost young woman and era should help ensure Pamela Werner is a footnote no more." The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092
Synopsis
Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant. Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of colonial Peking.

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