Murder in Hong Kong with Simon Elegant

About this episode

The episode features Simon Elegant discussing his new novel 'City on Fire,' a thriller set during the 2019 protests in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong-born novelist and journalist talks us through his new novel "City on Fire," a whodunnit thriller set against the 2019 protests. The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

People in this episode

Host: China Books Review

Guest: Simon Elegant

Topics covered

• novel
• thriller
• Hong Kong
• protests
• journalism

Keywords

• Murder in Hong Kong
• Simon Elegant
• City on Fire
• whodunnit
• 2019 protests

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: City on Fire

Places: Hong Kong

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