{"product_id":"book-j654","title":"Gangsters of Shanghai","description":"Shanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. It's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. But for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and easier women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael encounters Shanghai's biggest philanthropist, a man called Big Ears Lu—who is also its creepiest racketeer. He falls for the beautiful courtesan Miriam Tsai.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut does Michael's collusion with Lu keep Miriam trapped in the House of Multiple Joys?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShanghai in 1927 is a city where after dark anything seems possible. A city where anyone can be crushed, and anyone corrupted. Even an innocent Irish cop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the wreckage of guerrilla war in Ireland to the dawn of world war in Asia, \u003ci\u003eGangsters of Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e seethes with twentieth century turbulence and temptation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Mike Gallagher remain uncorrupted, and escape the imploding city with his life and his self-respect?","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49277495935280,"sku":"BDj654","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49277495869744,"sku":"ZEj654","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49277495902512,"sku":"ZMj654","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j654-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780515434","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j654","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}