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A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.
About the author
John Fletcher is a Neoplatonist and an anarcho-syndicalist. Over the course of his life he has been many things, including a construction worker, a shepherd, a white van driver, a gravedigger, a steelworker, a cleaner, a teacher, a broadcast journalist, and a writer.
Wuhan is his first novel.
Summary
A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.
Foreword
A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.
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A big, sprawling, angry novel... This is a very committed book, angry at Europe and America's indifference to China's suffering, shocked by the savagery of the conflict, awed by the resilience of the Chinese people. This is where WW2 began, years before the war reached Europe. An epic book about an epic conflict. Don't miss it'
Report
'1937. Ravenous Japanese armies are eating China alive, and the Great Black Dragon of War is prowling amongst the broken shards of a ruined society. The panoramic sweep and ambition of this brave, accomplished novel is overwhelming, as are the many voices - fictional and otherwise - raised on page after page. Wuhan takes us to the very heart of a collective agony, an extraordinary achievement for a debut novelist' Graham Hurley
