The Civil Servant's Notebook

China Library

Xiaofang Wang

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English

Penguin China
23 December 2015

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Penned by a former insider,The Civil Servant's Notebookis a political page-turner that offers a glimpse into the complex psyches of those who roam the guarded halls of Chinese officialdom.

Dongzhou City needs a new mayor. Devious plots, seduction, blackmail and bribery are all on the table in a no-holds-barred scramble for prestige and personal gain as the city's two vice-mayors compete for the top honour. At the centre of it all is a humble witness to events, a notebook whose pages contain information they should not ...

Penned by a former insider, The Civil Servant's Notebook is a political page-turner that offers a glimpse into the complex psyches of those who roam the guarded halls of Chinese officialdom.

By: Xiaofang Wang
Imprint: Penguin China
Country of Publication: China
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 294g
ISBN: 9780734399588
ISBN 10: 0734399588
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 23 December 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wang Xiaofang was born in 1963 in Shenyang, northeast China, and was private secretary to Shenyang Deputy Mayor Ma Xiangdong from 1997-1999. Ma achieved infamy for gambling and losing millions in public money in Macau's casinos, and was later sentenced to death for his crimes. Wang Xiaofang was found innocent of any involvement and left the service in 1999 to begin a career as political fiction writer. He has published thirteen novels of political fiction in China, and his works regularly top the bestseller charts. This is the first of his books to be published in English.

Reviews for The Civil Servant's Notebook: China Library

"""Money. Power. Even sex, albeit offstage. Wang Xiaofang's novels capture it all - in the dog-eat-dog world of Chinese bureaucracy."" --the Guardian ""Wang Xiaofang is the undisputed king of the genre."" --the New Yorker"