Read This Canadian Author Taras Grescoe's Shanghai Grand Canadian author Taras Grescoe's new book Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World tells the tales of pre-WWII Shanghai through the eyes of American journalist and writer Emily “Mickey” Hahn, who wrote 54 books and hundreds of articles, especially for The New Yorker. Back then, our city attracted big personalities, characters, crooks, hustlers, and celebrities from all over the world, making this book not just a page-turning story of Hahn's love life, but also a portrait of the extremely dynamic culture during this short period in Shanghai's history. Currently available only in hardcover format. |