China Star
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Action and adventure fiction. Spy fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0786716770
- ISBN: 9780786716777
- Physical Description 442 pages : illustrations
- Edition 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
- Publisher New York : Avalon, 2006.
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General Note: | "Carroll & Graf Publishers." Maps on endpapers. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 36.50 |
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Summary
China Star
Bartle Bull, former publisher of the Village Voice and master of the exotic adventure novel, returns with a tale of romance, vengeance, and intrigue. China Star begins in 1920s Paris, where Shanghai Station the 's Russian count, Alexander Karlov, and Viktor Polyak, the Soviet agent who killed Karlov's parents and abducted his twin sister Katerina, hunt each other through grand hotels, sewers, fashion houses, and embassy parties. Soon after, Katerina sets sail with Alexander for China on theChina Star.