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The Message

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A dazzling literary thriller set in Japan-occupied China from the most translated Chinese novelist of our time.
China, 1941.

At the height of the Second World War, Japan rules over China. In Hangzhou, a puppet government propped up by the Japanese wages an underground war against the Communist resistance.

Late one night, five intelligence officers, employed as codebreakers by the regime, are escorted to an isolated mansion outside the city. The secret police are certain that one of them is a communist spy. None of them is leaving until the traitor is unmasked.

It should be a straightforward case of sifting truth from lies. But as each codebreaker spins a story that proves their innocence, what really happened is called into question again and again.
Praise for Mai Jia:
'A spy novel on a grand scale in which nothing is as it seems' The Times on The Message
'Jia's playful mix of tradecraft, puzzle-solving and human folly brings an original twist to the spy fiction canon' Sunday Times on The Message
'A page-turner with a gripping plot, otherworldy aura, and flamboyant detail' New York Times on Decoded
'A mix of spy thriller, historical saga and mathematical puzzle that coheres into a powerful whole' Financial Times on Decoded
'A literary superstar' Telegraph

About the author

Mai Jia was born in 1964 and spent many years in the Chinese intelligence services. His first novel in English, Decoded, was published by Penguin Classics in 2002, and has been translated into over twenty languages. Jia's novels have sold over 10 million copies and he is a winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest literary honour in China.

Summary

A dazzling literary thriller set in Japan-occupied China from the most translated Chinese novelist of our time.
China, 1941.

At the height of the Second World War, Japan rules over China. In Hangzhou, a puppet government propped up by the Japanese wages an underground war against the Communist resistance.

Late one night, five intelligence officers, employed as codebreakers by the regime, are escorted to an isolated mansion outside the city. The secret police are certain that one of them is a communist spy. None of them is leaving until the traitor is unmasked.

It should be a straightforward case of sifting truth from lies. But as each codebreaker spins a story that proves their innocence, what really happened is called into question again and again.
Praise for Mai Jia:
'A spy novel on a grand scale in which nothing is as it seems' The Times on The Message
'Jia's playful mix of tradecraft, puzzle-solving and human folly brings an original twist to the spy fiction canon' Sunday Times on The Message
'A page-turner with a gripping plot, otherworldy aura, and flamboyant detail' New York Times on Decoded
'A mix of spy thriller, historical saga and mathematical puzzle that coheres into a powerful whole' Financial Times on Decoded
'A literary superstar' Telegraph

Foreword

A dazzling literary thriller set in Japan-occupied China from the most translated Chinese novelist of our time.

Additional text

The intensity of the struggle between the antagonists and the subtlety of their contest builds to a gripping conclusion

Product details

Authors Mai Jia, Jia Mai, Jia Mai Jia
Publisher Head of Zeus
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.01.2020
 
EAN 9781789543025
ISBN 978-1-78954-302-5
No. of pages 480
Subjects Fiction > Suspense

Historical mysteries, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, Fiction, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Espionage and spy thriller, Fiction and Related items

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