| Description |
243 pages : illustration, map ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Akashic noir series.
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| Note |
Anthology |
| Contents |
Ghost of Yulan past (Tin Hau) / Jason Y. Ng -- TST (Tsim Sha Tsui) / Xu Xi -- The quintessence of dust (Cheung Chau) / Marshall Moore -- The kamikaze caves (Lamma Island) / Brittani Sonnenberg -- You deserve more (Lan Kwai Fong) / Tiffany Hawke -- Phoenix moon (Mong Kok) / James Tam -- One marriage, two people (Ma On Shan) / Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang -- Ticket home (Yau Ma Tei) / Charles Philipp Martin -- A view to die for (Repulse Bay) / Christina Liang -- Expensive tissue paper (Diamond Hill) / Feng Chi-Shun -- Blood on the steps (The Pottinger Steps) / Shannon Young -- Kam Tin red (Kam Tin) / Shen Jian -- Fourteen (Wah Fu) / Carmen Suen -- Big hotel (North Point) / Ysabelle Cheung |
| Summary |
"Ng and Blumberg-Kason defy the fates by presenting a collection of 14 stories--by Chinese tradition, an ominous number--illustrating their city's dark side...Ng and Blumberg-Kason's Hong Kong is a city on the brink, haunted by its past but facing an uncertain future. Readers can feel lucky to have such a collection." -- Kirkus Reviews |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.
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Noir fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Genre |
Noir fiction.
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Mystery fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Ng, Jason Y., editor.
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Blumberg-Kason, Susan, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781617756726 (pbk.) |
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1617756725 |
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