Book description
Bao Qing was a classic example of what people in Maqiao meant when
they spat out the word 'intellectual'. Coming home to his old town for
the holidays was just as much trouble as not coming home, for this was
a town where his old schoolmate Fatcat had every local business in his
pocket. And Fatcat considered the returning 'professor' a celebrity.
Bao Qing was about to get an invitation he could not refuse.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously
published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.
Born in 1963 in Suzhou and now living in Beijing with his family, Su
Tong is one of China's most celebrated bestselling authors, shooting to
international fame in 1993 when Zhang Yimou's film of his novella
Raise the Red Lantern
was nominated for an Oscar. His first short story collection
Madwoman on the Bridge
was published by Black Swan in 2008.
