They effectively foreshadow for the reader what the story will be about.Įxtremely varied, each story is intriguing and compelling in its own way. Each quote has been chosen very carefully and is very apt for the story. A Hardcore Childhood, ' Of all known tortures in the whole wide world, those originating from China are the cruelest' - Anon. One thing I really like is that each story has a quote at the beginning of it, for example: Story 12. I have been morbidly fascinated to read about these tales of sordid Hong Kong: triad members, arranged marriages, street sleepers, riots, tattoos, girlie bars. The city that I live in is clean, safe, full of polite and friendly people. These stories in Hong Kong Noir don't happen in my Hong Kong. He tells us in the prologue 'When I was in my forties, I made my worst financial decision ever I invested in part-ownership of a bar in Kowloon City: a part of town where the Sun Yee On triad faction originated.' These fifteen true tales are divided into three sections: Losers and Boozers, Beyond Villains and Victims and Sex and the City. Hong Kong Noir Chi-Shun Feng Examines fifteen stories of. Tams shocking Phoenix Moon, although Feng Chi-shun points out that the. for their chosen books like this Hong Kong Noir, but end up in infectious downloads. He is also 'not unfamiliar with the underbelly of Hong Kong society'. Ng and Blumberg-Kasons Hong Kong is a city on the brink, haunted by its past. Hong Kong Noir (Akashic noir series) 15.95 By Hong Kong Noir authors Edited by Jason Y. Feng Chi-shun is a pathologist and has, therefore, seen a fair amount of deaths, whether they be natural or unnatural.

Hong Kong Noir by Feng Chi-Shun