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Title	:	China Blues
Author	:	Ki Longfellow
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Second
Pages	:	Pages: 456 pages
Published	:	January 24th 2012 by Eio Books (first published 1989)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction

China Blues

Ki Longfellow

Paperback | Pages: 456 pages

Rating: 4.1 | 1320 Users | 98 Reviews

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The Roaring Twenties, Chinatown, San Francisco: back-street blues and bathtub gin… hardball mobsters and hardheaded cops… seductive speakeasies and sizzling scandals. As the young Louis Armstrong blows his horn in the infamous Blue Canary, impetuous Nob Hill Socialite Elizabeth Stafford Hamilton plunges into a reckless affair with mysterious Li Kwan Won. Unknown to Lizzie, Li is the overlord of the city’s vast bootlegging empire—and archenemy of her powerful husband, the San Francisco district attorney. Suddenly Lizzie’s privileged, upper-crust life is shadowed by danger and intrigue—as she’s trapped between her lover and her husband while they battle for control of the city.

Eio Books has reissued Ki Longfellow's first novel, published by Harper Collins in England in 1989.

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Original Title:	China Blues
ISBN:	0975925571 (ISBN13: 9780975925577)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Chinatown, San Francisco, California(United States)

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Ratings: 4.1 From 1320 Users | 98 Reviews

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A terrific fast paced read. I think Longfellow meant it to be a racy throwaway, but accomplished instead actual literature anyone can read and love. How could you not love an affair between the head of a Chinese tong and a rich spoiled harebrained white girl? Or the coming-of-age of a great newspaper reporter who saw it all? Or the whole San Francisco earthquake described in page after thrilling page? And so much more.

I don't think I've read a better portrayal of a black woman by a white woman than I found in this fast-paced very clever novel. Dido is not the central character but she acts like it. I loved the idea of a cold-hearted good time girl who could sing hot-blooded songs. I loved her honesty and her strength in a time when "colored folk" could sing in the Cotton Club but they couldn't get in the front door. Blacks, whites, Asians, the Irish, the mob...the racial mix in this book is a wonder and I ate

I'm with the reviewer who said "Loved it" and the one who said "what joy." It isn't funny all the through, and it isn't happy all the way (what is?) but the end result is a treat of a read that beats so much popular stuff all hollow. I guess it just doesn't get those big numbers because Longfellow forgot the vampires and just went with great writing and a thrilling story.

Fast fun exciting funny sad read. Appropriate for any age, but especially (IMO) for those who like a wonderfully well written love story between the races set in fascinating places and times. Rich Lizzie Stafford, plotting to take down her ambitious philandering husband (San Francisco's DA and poster boy for high political office to come), sets her sights on a scandal that ought to destroy him. She woos the very mysterious head of Chinatown's biggest Tong. What comes next is a page turner,

A terrific read. Full of dash and color. San Francisco's one of my favorite cities in all the world. This story gets into places you could never see as a tourist, and barely see as a native. It has a fascinating heroine, a fascinating love triangle, the mysterious death of Harding, at the time the President of the United States with the Teapot Dome Scandal about to burst over his head. Best of all it has gangsters vs a Chinese Tong. The leader of the Tong is just about the sexiest man I've ever



A dizzy ride. You could say a dizzy dame except Lizzie Stafford Hamilton changes. Her character arc is a swooping adventure of the best kind. But at such cost to those around her. And did I love Li or what? And Kit. And Appetite Ike. Longfellow births the most amazing people. They're real. What they do is what they would do. And every scene follows the other at breathtaking pace, in perfect order. Loved this. You want a fast read that means something, that touches you? Here it is. Although why