On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A veteran journalist in Hong Kong is caught in a shadowy web of truth and betrayal as he investigates the disappearance of a student protester in this menacing, atmospheric novel written with "shades of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith" (Sunday Times) from the celebrated author of The Forgiven--now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes. "Osborne is a startlingly good observer of privilege, noting the rites and rituals of the upper classes with unerring precision and an undercurrent of malice."--Katie Kitamura, The New York Times Book Review, on Beautiful AnimalsONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--CrimeReads, FodorsAfter two decades as a journalist in Hong Kong, ex-pat Englishman Adrian Gyle has very little to show for it. Evenings are whiled away with soup dumplings and tea at Fung Shing, the restaurant downstairs from his home on Java Road, watching the city--once overflowing with wine dinners and private
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