The notorious gangster Lai Changxing started out as an illiterate
farmer, but in the tumult of China's burgeoning economy, he seized
the opportunity to remake himself as a bandit king. A newly minted
billionaire of outsized personality and even greater appetites, he
was a living legend who eventually ran afoul of authorities. The
journalist Oliver August set out to find the fugitive Lai. On his
quest he encountered a highly entertaining series of criminals and
oddball entrepreneurs--and acquired unique insight into the
paradoxes of modern China. Part crime caper, part travelogue, part
trenchant cultural analysis, August's page-turning account captures
China's giddy vibe and its darker vulnerabilities.
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