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Résumé
Anything can happen in the Typhoon Season. This fast-paced thriller vividly captures the atmosphere of Hong Kong, the so-called Pearl of the Orient, where the author worked as a journalist - both when it was a British colony and later when it returned to Chinese rule. The action never flags when the protagonist finds himself on the run, striving desperately to establish his innocence as he encounters an exotic cast of characters.
The discovery of the body of a crooked policeman floating in the harbor sets off a chain of dramatic events, events that take you to a luxury mansion on The Peak, to a kung-fu film set, to seething back streets, to a Buddhist monastery - and to the delights of the Pink Heaven Bar in Wan Chai. Typhoon Season grips the attention right up to the spectacular climax - and then produces an unexpected final twist.
All characters in this book are fictitious. But anybody familiar with Hong Kong - one of the world's most fascinating cities with its full share of heroes and villains of all nationalities - will recognise certain characteristics of the main players.
The discovery of the body of a crooked policeman floating in the harbor sets off a chain of dramatic events, events that take you to a luxury mansion on The Peak, to a kung-fu film set, to seething back streets, to a Buddhist monastery - and to the delights of the Pink Heaven Bar in Wan Chai. Typhoon Season grips the attention right up to the spectacular climax - and then produces an unexpected final twist.
All characters in this book are fictitious. But anybody familiar with Hong Kong - one of the world's most fascinating cities with its full share of heroes and villains of all nationalities - will recognise certain characteristics of the main players.
Fiche technique
- Date de parution : 17/07/2012
- Editeur : Craig Place Books
- ISBN : 978-1-4762-4071-8
- EAN : 9781476240718
- Format : ePub
- Caractéristiques du format ePub
- Protection num. : pas de protection
À propos de l'auteur
Biographie de David Baird
David Baird's books have been published in English, German and Spanish. This British-born author has worked on newspapers and magazines around the world, from Sydney and Ottawa to Hong Kong and London. For some years he has been based in Spain. His work has appeared in many publications, including The Economist, The Times of London, the International Herald Tribune, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Express, the Boston Globe, The Scotsman and Maclean's Magazine.He has twice been awarded Spain's national travel-writing prize for foreign writers and journalists. His book Between Two Fires, also published by Maroma Press, has won high praise from such respected historians as Paul Preston and Lorca biographer Ian Gibson. It is the first-ever account in English of a guerrilla conflict which raged in Spain in the 1940s and was unreported at the time due to the rigid censorship of the Franco regime.
Typhoon Season (a thriller set in Hong Kong) and Don't Miss The Fiesta! (a thriller-chiller set in Spain) are David Baird's first works of fiction. His other books include:Between Two Fires - Guerrilla war in the Spanish sierrasSunny Side Up -The 21st century hits a Spanish villageInside Andalusia - A travel adventure in southern SpainEast of Malaga - Essential guide to the Axarquía and Costa TropicalVersatile Guide to SpainBack Roads of Southern SpainThe Incredible Gulf (travel in the Australian Outback)Read more about David and his books at http://maromapress.wordpress.com/
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