Beijing

Fresh Meat: Dragon Day by Lisa Brackmann

By Doreen Sheridan

August 11, 2015

Dragon Day by Lisa Brackmann is the final book in the Ellie McEnroe trilogy about American vereran of the Iraqi War currently living in Beijing (available August 18, 2015). This novel had me hooked from the very first page, when our heroine, Ellie McEnroe, describes in her distinctively wry narrative voice not only modern China,…

Playing for Thrills by Wang Shuo, Chinese post-80s hooligan literature

Censorship and Chinese Crime Fiction: The Party Has Only Begun

By Crime HQ

May 16, 2011

What is the story told between the lines of crime fiction? More than a genre with deep literary histories in many cultures, it is a mirror of how law, politics, and society are perceived. Be it procedural, cozy, or noir, it often deals with injustices faced by the marginalized, the displaced, the underdogs. In the…