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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     French, Paul, 1966-     Subjects     Farren, Joe, 1893-1941.     Riley, Jack, 1897-     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Criminals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Crime -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Criminals -- China -- Shanghai.     Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      French, Paul, 1966-       by title:      City of devils : the...       by call number:      364.1060951 F875c     Search the Web     French, Paul, 1966-     Farren, Joe, 1893-1941.     Riley, Jack, 1897-     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Criminals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Crime -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.     Criminals -- China -- Shanghai.     Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.     Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.       MARC Display

City of devils : the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai / Paul French. by French, Paul, 1966- Picador, c2018. Call #: 364.1060951 F875c Subjects Farren, Joe, 1893-1941.   Riley, Jack, 1897-   Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.   Immigrants -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Criminals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Crime -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.   Criminals -- China -- Shanghai.   Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century.   Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781250170583 (hardcover) 1250170583 (hardcover) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xvi, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Summary:  1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made - and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. Ruler of the clubs in that day was 'Dapper' Joe Farren - a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's and his name was in lights above the city's biggest casino. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. 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 they left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams seemed possible. In the vein of true crime books whose real brilliance is the recreation of a time and place, this is impeccably researched narrative non-fiction told with superb energy and brio, as if James Ellroy had stumbled into a Shanghai cathouse. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1060951 F875c Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1060951 F875c Adult books Checked out Oct 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1060951 F875c Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1060951 F875c Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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