{"product_id":"the-fat-years-9780552776974","title":"The Fat Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRUTH IS NOT AN OPTION....\u003cbr\u003e       Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one can care less. Except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that has possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core. It is a message that will rock the world...\u003cbr\u003e        Terrifying methods of cunning, deception and terror are unveiled by the truth-seekers in this thriller-expose of the Communist Party''s stranglehold on China today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating tale of China just over the horizon * The New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eA thought-provoking novel about China's tomorrow, which reveals the truth about China today -- Xinran, author of The Good Women of China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fat Years\u003c\/i\u003e remains valid because it is not simply a \"what might happen\" exercise in futurism. Its central conceit - that collective amnesia overtakes the entire country - is an all-encompassing metaphor for today's looming superpower... a triumph * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA not-so-veiled satire of the Chinese government's tendency to make dates such as the Tiananmen massacre virtually disappear * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eChan Koonchung's humorous tale reveals the distorted reality of China, where despite the supersonic development of its economy, political life is steadfastly unchanging -- Ma Jian","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018290659671,"sku":"9780552776974","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552776974.jpg?v=1750776328","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fat-years-9780552776974","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}