Paul French on “City of Devils”

By Tina Kanagaratnam | May 24th, 2020 | Americans in old Shanghai, Books, City of Devils, Concession Era, Conversations, Jewish Shanghai, People, Shanghai Badlands, Uncategorized, Wartime Shanghai | 0 Comment

In May, the Historic Shanghai Book Club read City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir, so ahead of our talk, we sat down with author Paul French to find out more about interwar underworld Shanghai, rumor and gossip, old Shanghai's soundscape, and lots more. Historic Shanghai: What drew you to tell the tale of Jack Riley and ...