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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China’s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.
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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, Zhenyun Liu, Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-Chun Lin
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2015
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- Titel
- The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon
- Ondertitel
- A Novel of Contemporary China
- Taal
- Engels
- Uitgever
- Arcade
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2015
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1628725206
- ISBN13
- 9781628725209
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Wereldliteratuur, Handel, Detectives & Thriller, Thrillers, Hedendaagse literatuur, Politiek, Verenigde Staten, Azië, China, Literaire Critiek, Reizen, Steden, Communisme, Nobelprijs, Saga's, Familiesaga's, Bestsellers, Rijkdom, Chinese Literatuur, Diefstal, Bendes, Onroerend goed, Chinees, Peking, Rode Leger, Elites
- Beoordeling
- 3,6 van 5
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- The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon (AKA I Am Liu Yuejin) by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching for it he stumbles upon another bag, which contains a flash disk that chronicles high-level corruption, and sets off a convoluted chase. There are no heroes in this scathing, complex, and highly readable critique of the dark side of China’s predatory capitalism, corruption, and the plight of the underclasses. A movie adaptation and TV series appeared in 2008 in China.