City of devils : the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai / Paul French.
Shanghai, 1930s; it was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could beforgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, and fortunes made-and lost. "Lucky" Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-U.S. Navy boxing champion,he escaped from prison and rose to become the Slots King of Shanghai. "Dapper" Joe Farren-a Jewishboy who ed Vienna's ghetto-ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's. In 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all aroundthe Solitary Island was poverty, starvation, and war. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction leftin their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting momenteven the wildest dreams could come true.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250170583
- ISBN: 9781250170583
- Physical Description: xvi, 299 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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