The Resource The borrowed, Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
The borrowed, Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
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The item The borrowed, Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career spans fifty years of the territory's history. A deductive powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed "the Eye of Heaven" by his awe-struck colleagues. Covering six cases, each of which takes place at a pivotal moment in Hong Kong's history, The Borrowed follows Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist Riot in 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; to the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders, pop singers, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, all coalescing into a dynamic portrait of this fascinating city. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history always repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- eng
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic edition.
- Extent
- 490 pages
- Note
- First published by Crown Publishing Company, Taiwan, in 2014
- Contents
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- The truth between black and white (2013)
- The prisoner's dilemma (2003)
- The longest day (1997)
- The balance of Themis (1989)
- Borrowed place (1977)
- Borrowed time (1967)
- Isbn
- 9781784971526
- Label
- The borrowed
- Title
- The borrowed
- Statement of responsibility
- Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career spans fifty years of the territory's history. A deductive powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed "the Eye of Heaven" by his awe-struck colleagues. Covering six cases, each of which takes place at a pivotal moment in Hong Kong's history, The Borrowed follows Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist Riot in 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; to the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders, pop singers, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, all coalescing into a dynamic portrait of this fascinating city. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history always repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chan, Ho-Kei
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Chinese
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Tiang, Jeremy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hong Kong Police Force
- Hong Kong (China)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The borrowed, Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
- Note
- First published by Crown Publishing Company, Taiwan, in 2014
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The truth between black and white (2013) -- The prisoner's dilemma (2003) -- The longest day (1997) -- The balance of Themis (1989) -- Borrowed place (1977) -- Borrowed time (1967)
- Control code
- 000059893695
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic edition.
- Extent
- 490 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784971526
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The borrowed, Chan Ho-Kei ; translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
- Note
- First published by Crown Publishing Company, Taiwan, in 2014
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The truth between black and white (2013) -- The prisoner's dilemma (2003) -- The longest day (1997) -- The balance of Themis (1989) -- Borrowed place (1977) -- Borrowed time (1967)
- Control code
- 000059893695
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic edition.
- Extent
- 490 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784971526
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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