Beijing Shanghai the Track (Paperback)

M. Gilbert Costa

ISBN 10: 1537127748 / ISBN 13: 9781537127743

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2006

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Paperback. In modern China, a perilous track will take us from Beijing to Shanghai by way of Quiamen, Hainan and Haiphong. Yan, young 31-year-old woman, police officer in office in the Central Police Station in Beijing is suddenly invited to join the Office of Internal Affairs, the Chinese secret services. Her mission: conduct, in complete secrecy, an inquiry on a subversive organisation whose leader is someone close to the power. Very soon, in the grip of violent actions, she starts a chase but, too isolated, falls into a trap and becomes prisoner in the middle of a war between two gangs. Injured, she will be forced to pass the torch on to her former team-mate, Cheng. The track goes on, intense and merciless. After he has escaped death a few times, Cheng will be able to meet the whole Division Action of the Office of Internal Affairs right on time, and be part of the final operation Spring Cleaning in Shanghai. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beijing Shanghai the Track (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1537127748
• ISBN 13: 9781537127743
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In modern China, a perilous track will take us from Beijing to Shanghai by way of Quiamen, Hainan and Haiphong. Yan, young 31-year-old woman, police officer in office in the Central Police Station in Beijing is suddenly « invited » to join the « Office of Internal Affairs », the Chinese secret services. Her mission : conduct, in complete secrecy, an inquiry on a subversive organisation whose leader is someone close to the power. Very soon, in the grip of violent actions, she starts a chase but, too isolated, falls into a trap and becomes prisoner in the middle of a war between two gangs. Injured, she will be forced to pass the torch on to her former team-mate, Cheng. The track goes on, intense and merciless. After he has escaped death a few times, Cheng will be able to meet the whole Division Action of the Office of Internal Affairs right on time, and be part of the final operation « Spring Cleaning » in Shanghai.

About the Author

Gilbert Costa Born in Morocco in 1940 from a mixing of families that had emigrated to Algeria since 1870, I reach France at 17 to never leave again. A career in the audiovisual sector at the same time as many journeys and a 18-month stay in China. First writings for the Radio: France Inter radio theater. First novel in 2008: Dans la douceur de la nuit . Then L'opium du peuple en 2012. Il n'y a pas que les autres en 2014. Pauline Chambert-Loir Pauline is a 19-year-old French literature and English student at the Sorbonne. Literature, reading and writing enthusiast, she is the translator of this novel and hopes that maybe, she would write her own...