Paperback. The year is 1936, and a local postman's corpse is found outside a Catholic church in the Shanghai International Settlement. The corpse is Zhongliang's father, and this day marks the end of his life as he knows it. In the wake of the Sino-Japanese War, he decides to follow in his father's footsteps and find out the truth about his death by becoming a postman himself. What Zhongliang thought would be a simple life of mail delivery turns out to be a two-faced game of spying and deceit that consumes him entirely, leaving him with a fate not so dissimilar than that of those before. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Postman (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Books China
Publication Date: 2020
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0734398697
ISBN 13: 9780734398697
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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The year is 1936, and a local postman’s corpse is found outside a Catholic church in the Shanghai International Settlement. The corpse is Zhongliang’s father, and this day marks the end of his life as he knows it. In the wake of the Sino-Japanese War, he decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and find out the truth about his death by becoming a postman himself. What Zhongliang thought would be a simple life of mail delivery turns out to be a two-faced game of spying and deceit that consumes him entirely, leaving him with a fate not so dissimilar than that of those before.

About the Author

Bi Yu is a critically acclaimed novelist who focuses on spy fiction. He is widely published in major literary magazines including People’s Literature, Harvest, and October. His novellas include Romance, Ode to Joy, and Idyll. He is the winner of the Eighth Shanghai Literature Award and the Second "Si Xiao Ming Dan" Youth Literature Award.

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