Marie Ryan
ASIN: B00QNY3FOA
Publisher: Red Jasmine
Pages: 119
Ever had a bookshop fantasy?An accidental journey begins in a small English language bookshop and leads you through the winding backstreets of Hanoi. Evocative bite-sized vignettes about life, circuses, the streets and the people of Vietnam’s northern capital.All the while, battling counterfeiting book thugs, censorship and hiding out with Imperialist-Running-Dogs.Stories from Hanoi at the start of the new millennium, Cement Factory No.9 is an ode to a country in transition, where the rules were rubbery and a decent read was in short supply.