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Black holes / He Jiahong ; translated from the Chinese by Emily Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Chinese Series: Hong Jun. 2 Publication details: Melbourne, Vic. : Penguin Group (Australia), 2014.Description: 362 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780143800033
Uniform titles:
  • Xing Zhi Zui. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 895.136 23
Summary: When Xia Zhe, an ambitious trader at a state-owned securities company, is indicted for corporate fraud, lawyer Hong Jun takes on the case at the request of the young man's father. But as the trial date looms, it becomes clear that this case of avarice and ill-gotten gains is far from black and white. Hong Jun discovers a web of family secrets and hidden motives leading back to the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution. What he doesn't count on is that, in dredging up these long-dormant histories, he must face the shadows of his own past to get to the truth.
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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Crime HE Hong Bk.2 Available 058379
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Translation of: Xing Zhi Zui.

When Xia Zhe, an ambitious trader at a state-owned securities company, is indicted for corporate fraud, lawyer Hong Jun takes on the case at the request of the young man's father. But as the trial date looms, it becomes clear that this case of avarice and ill-gotten gains is far from black and white. Hong Jun discovers a web of family secrets and hidden motives leading back to the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution. What he doesn't count on is that, in dredging up these long-dormant histories, he must face the shadows of his own past to get to the truth.

Text in English.

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