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The Borrowed

by Jeremy Tiang, Chan Ho-Kei
The Borrowed - Thryft
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  • 本屋大賞 Nominee for Translated Fiction (2018)
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The Borrowed

by Jeremy Tiang, Chan Ho-Kei
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ISBN: 9781784971526
Authors: Jeremy Tiang, Chan Ho-Kei
Publisher: Head of Zeus - GB
Date of Publication: 2016-08-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Goodreads rating: 4.37
(rated by 3532 readers)

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Author(s): Ho-Kei Chan & Jeremy Tiang ISBN: 9781784971526 Binding: Paperback Published: 2016-09-01 A cleverly constructed epic crime novel, told through six different murder cases set over fifty years in a Hong Kong Police Force. The year is 2013, and Inspector Kwan, one of Hong Kong's greatest detectives, is dying. His friend and protege, Detective Lok, has come to Kwan's hospital bed. Together they must solve one last case - the murder of a local billionaire. What follows is a brilliantly constructed novel of six interconnected stories, each featuring a different murder case solved by Kwan and Lok over the last fifty years. Eventually, in the final story, we witness the case in which Lok, a rookie cop, met Kwan for the first time. This is a clever, gripping and original book. It is the moving story of two men, told through the conventions of detective fiction, and set against the shifting landscape of Hong Kong, but it is so much more than the sum of its parts. The Borrowed shines as a sweeping, ambitious crime drama that offers startling insight into one of the most dazzling cities of the Far East.
 
  • 本屋大賞 Nominee for Translated Fiction (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.