read by Jason Damron
Labelled ‘a novel of the roaring twenties in China’ Elvira
Baryakina’s White Shanghai is fast,
furious and fanatically anti-communist.
For a whirlwind historical impression of early
twentieth-century Shanghai and its huge melting pot of residents, traders and
visitors, look no further.
The protagonist is Klim Rogov, an émigré journalist exiled
following the Russian Revolution, whose vim, vigour and wit propel him through
a host of twists, turns and escapades in the cosmopolitan maelstrom of Shanghai.
Working as a reporter for a British-run newspaper, Rogov hopes one day soon to
find again Nina, the wife circumstances forced him to abandon. Little could have prepared him for the adventures he encounters in this wonderfully evocative tale based, we are led to believe, on genuine letters, diaries and travelogues of the period.
Jason Damron’s delivery is immediate and dramatic and despite some
unintentionally hilarious slips the pace he maintains most definitely draws you
in and transports you into a highly entertaining yarn.
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