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Copyright © 2024 by Adrien Brooke
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Brooke, Adrien
ISBN: 978-1-961757-89-9
eBook: 978-1-961757-53-0
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Cover design by: Julia Kuris
Copyediting by: Claudia Volkman
Interior design by: Amit Dey
Author photo by: Jeff Sweet
Illustrator: Daniela Ruggeri
EPIGRAPH
To the west, America, he said, full of greedy fools fouling up their inheritance. To the east, China-Russia; he drew no distinction: boiler suits, prison camps, and a damn long march to nowhere. In the middle . . .” —John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
活着就要斗争,
在斗争中前进,
即使死亡,
能量也要发挥干净.
To live is to struggle; we advance in the struggle so that we may use all our potential, even in death.
艾青 Aì Qīng, 鱼化石 “Fish Fossil”
WU FAMILY
胡玉英 - Wu Yukying, the oldest of the Wu siblings. Married to Laurence Li, she sometimes introduces herself as Li Yukying
胡天圣 - Wu Tinseng, the middle child, adopted by the family at age six, physics tutor turned spy
胡卓群 - Wu Cheuk-Kwan, the youngest, a doctor in Hong Kong
MEI FAMILY
梅涵空 - Mei Hankong, a cultural attaché for the People’s Republic of China, living in Switzerland for the past fifteen years
李熙鳳 - Li Xifeng, his wife, a poet, and an accomplished translator
梅今朝 - Mei Jinzhao, youngest of their two sons
PASSENGERS
Laurence Li, born 李英东 - Li Yingtung, Wu Yukying’s husband, a Hong Kong government undersecretary
林子文 - Lim Chiboon – aka Hugh Nash, a Singaporean and New York-based gossip columnist
单瓙 - Shan Dao, Wu Tinseng’s friend from France
Lucas Grodescu – a blackmailer
