Faber & Faber

The Uninvited: Geling Yan

Synopsis:

Dan, an unemployed factory worker, lives with his wife Little Plum in a squalid suburb of Beijing. When he discovers that by posing as a journalist at corporate events he can eat gourmet food for free, it seems his luck has changed. But a secret he’s told at a banquet leads him down a twisted path and ensnares him in a government scandal. Will Dan follow his conscience and expose the corruption before his fake identity is uncovered?

Tags:

Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

General Fiction

Places:

China

Genres & Themes:

Corruption; Food; Gangsters; Violence