Franziska Goldmann, an opera singer fallen on hard times, has become the star courtesan in 19th century Hong Kong. A chance encounter with Queen Victoria’s musical second son seems to offer Franziska an opportunity to resume her career as a singer....
A harrowing yet darkly humorous novel of a half-Jewish family trying to survive in Nazi-controlled Austria, by a New York Timesâ€"bestselling author.The Kaminsky Cure is a poignant yet comedic novel of a Jewish/Christian family caught up in the machi...
In China, have things really changed for the post-Tiananmen generation?
Hong Kong, 2012. Dimitri Johnson discovers that he is a dead man walking. Stunned by his doctor’s prognosis, he nevertheless makes his ritual annual pilgrimage to the ...