For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; For the desperate a port of last resort. A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow; A thick slice of hell denounced from the pulpit. The start of a journey for many; The end of the road for some. A place to find fame, or to seek anonymity; Rogues, chancers, showgirls, criminals… For so many people from so many lands, there was one phrase that sent a tingle of hope or a shiver of anticipation down every spine: “DESTINATION SHANGHAI”
For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; For the desperate a port of last resort. A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow; A thick slice of hell denounced from the pulpit. The start of a journey for many; The end of the road for some. A place to find fame, or to seek anonymity; Rogues, chancers, showgirls, criminals… For so many people from so many lands, there was one phrase that sent a tingle of hope or a shiver of anticipation down every spine: “DESTINATION SHANGHAI”
Paul French was born in London, educated there and in Glasgow, and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Mystery Writers’ of America Edgar award winner for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers’ Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. His book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir has received much praise, with The Economist writing, ‘…in Mr French the city has its champion storyteller.’ Both Midnight in Peking and City of Devils are being developed for television. Paul's Destination series of literary visits to Asian cities during the glamorous Golden Age of the early 20th century currently encompasses Shanghai, Peking (Beijing) and Macao, with more to come. His blog is at www.chinarhyming.com.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction – Sojourners of an Interesting Sort 1) The Hunt for Eugene O’Neill: How America’s Most Famous Playwright Went to Shanghai, Fooled Everyone and had a High Old Time of It (1928) - Did He or Didn’t He? – Andre Malraux (1931) 2) Nearly Snubbed by Shanghai – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford (1929) - The Collaborators – Marion, Don and Bert dream of a Nazi Shanghai (1941) 3) Louis L’Amour’s Shanghai Gestures (1933) - A Warm Welcome for Charlie Chan - Warner Oland (1936) 4) Two Poets Meet in Frenchtown - Langston Hughes and Irene West (1934) - From Warsaw to Shanghai to Hollywood – Lyda Roberti (1930s) 5) The Beast Comes to Shanghai – Aleister Crowley (1906) - A Dense, Rank, Richly Clotted Life – Aldous Huxley (1926) 6) The Zeitgeist Bookstore and Recruiting the Fifth Man – the Red Sojourners Agnes Smedley, Roger Hollis and Irene Weitemeyer (1929) - Nina Barsamova – The White Russian Movie Queen of Shanghai (1933) 7) Weimar Germany on the Huangpu – Lily Flohr Will be Flattered to See You (1941) - Florence Broadhurst Teaches Shanghai to Sing (1926) 8) Shanghai’s Most Charming Gangster – Ely “The Swiss” Widler’s Wild China Ride (1940) - A Showgirl, Bloody Saturday and the Shrapnel Swing - Terese Rudolph (1937) 10) CC Julian’s Last Refuge – How America’s Biggest Ever Swindler Ended Up in Shanghai (1934) Conclusion - Ye Shanghai
Introduction – Sojourners of an Interesting Sort 1) The Hunt for Eugene O’Neill: How America’s Most Famous Playwright Went to Shanghai, Fooled Everyone and had a High Old Time of It (1928) - Did He or Didn’t He? – Andre Malraux (1931) 2) Nearly Snubbed by Shanghai – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford (1929) - The Collaborators – Marion, Don and Bert dream of a Nazi Shanghai (1941) 3) Louis L’Amour’s Shanghai Gestures (1933) - A Warm Welcome for Charlie Chan - Warner Oland (1936) 4) Two Poets Meet in Frenchtown - Langston Hughes and Irene West (1934) - From Warsaw to Shanghai to Hollywood – Lyda Roberti (1930s) 5) The Beast Comes to Shanghai – Aleister Crowley (1906) - A Dense, Rank, Richly Clotted Life – Aldous Huxley (1926) 6) The Zeitgeist Bookstore and Recruiting the Fifth Man – the Red Sojourners Agnes Smedley, Roger Hollis and Irene Weitemeyer (1929) - Nina Barsamova – The White Russian Movie Queen of Shanghai (1933) 7) Weimar Germany on the Huangpu – Lily Flohr Will be Flattered to See You (1941) - Florence Broadhurst Teaches Shanghai to Sing (1926) 8) Shanghai’s Most Charming Gangster – Ely “The Swiss” Widler’s Wild China Ride (1940) - A Showgirl, Bloody Saturday and the Shrapnel Swing - Terese Rudolph (1937) 10) CC Julian’s Last Refuge – How America’s Biggest Ever Swindler Ended Up in Shanghai (1934) Conclusion - Ye Shanghai
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