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The Interior: A Red Princess Mystery [Paperback]

Lisa See
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In our world, two years have passed since the publication of Flower Net, Lisa See's debut in thriller fiction, but as The Interior begins, only a few months have passed since Liu Hulan, a detective in Communist China's Ministry of Public Security, and U.S. Attorney David Stark first teamed up to catch a murderer--and rekindled their old love affair. Now, as David struggles to find a way to get back to China--or convince Hulan to move to America--Hulan goes to the village of Da Shui at the request of an old friend whose daughter has been murdered. Initial evidence suggests that it may have something to do with the nearby factory owned by an American toy manufacturer, where hundreds of Chinese women are working in sweatshop conditions. Meanwhile, David's old law firm has suddenly offered him an opportunity to head its new Beijing office, where one of his first duties will be to help one of the firm's corporate clients complete his purchase of the toy company. See's descriptions of daily Chinese life, both in Beijing and the far outposts of the country, are richly detailed. But the novel's even greater strength lies in the contests of will between David and Hulan and their various adversaries--as well as between each other, as Hulan struggles against what she perceives as a threat to her independence, and David must withhold critical information from his partner because it comes from one of his clients. While it certainly helps to have read Flower Net, The Interior is a surefooted exotic thriller in its own right, which will undoubtedly earn Lisa See as many new fans as the old ones it pleases. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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As in her debut novel, Flower Net, the strength of See's work here is in her detailed and intimate knowledge of contemporary China, its mores, its peculiar mixture of the traditional and the contemporary, and its often bedeviled relationships with the U.S. Here again are American lawyer David Stark and his Chinese lover, police investigator Liu Hulan; they become involved in the issue of working conditions among women in an American-owned toy factory in rural ChinaAa highly promising and original notion. Stark's law firm wants him to supervise the buyout of the American entrepreneur who launched the toy company, while Liu is called in by the mother of a factory worker who seems to have committed suicide. What actually happened to her, and why? It seems inevitable that the lovers will be pulled in different directions by their opposing interests, and soon Liu has introduced herself into the factory as a worker, while Stark's deal, important to his career, begins to unravel. So far, so good; but as the action becomes increasingly violent, with another girl's sudden death at the factory, gunplay, a deathly sick Liu struggling to survive, and a climactic fire that takes hundreds of lives (a calamity treated almost as an afterthought), it becomes apparent that See has plotting problems. Many story threads seem to disappear, the action scenes are stagy and unconvincing, and the David-Liu relationship never seems to generate much real warmth. A pity, because until the melodrama takes over, much here is original and fresh, an absorbing look at an unfamiliar world. Agent, Sandra Dijkstra. 6-city author tour. (Oct.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The chinese plot, Feb 17 2003
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Jorge Frid (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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With this book you will understand that not all the things are as they look, the chinese police were investigating a murder of a girl who worked in an american factory, they found that the factory was completely out of the chinese law, they found that the general manager was almost a killer, the factory which was closed because of their problems with the workers didn't have anything to do with this murder, read this book you will enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, complicated and original, Oct 24 2002
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Tardaguila (farmington, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This book is clearly not for the simple minded. Brilliant, complicated and original - if you like mysteries (and like to think) The Interior is the book for you. Following in the steps of Pearl S. Buck, Lisa See has once again proven herself to be one of America's top writers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Story you might not want to know...., April 26 2002
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N. Richardson "nano" (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
and a very entertaining mystery from one America's most important young writers.

Lisa See writes books thinking people like to read...and follows an important tradition for American Women Genre writers, writing books about something which fits into a style which allows the reader to actually learn something.

The lives of Chinese women who make the toys which entertain your children do matter. And See has created a thriller which takes us inside the new China and shows how close it really is to us....

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