Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now Scotiabank Giller Prize (2012) adding a special touch to

adding a special touch to this collector's item

mixed with a more picaresque and multistranded approach that has the significant advantage of taking in a wider swathe of America' - The Sunday Times

Hall speculates on urban creativity in the twenty-first century

real-world examples

Publisher: Epigram Books

Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now Scotiabank Giller Prize (2012) adding a special touch toJan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believerand one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing Universityher education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool Factory. In the name of the Revolution, she renounced rock & roll, hauled pig manure in the paddy fields, and turned in a fellow student who sought her help