We’ve all read short books which seem to go on forever, but Shanghai is different in the sense that it’s a long (very long) book, that’s so quick paced and nail-biting that you finish the 783 pages before realizing that you’ve read them. A constitutional compilation of three books by the renowned David Rotenberg, the book focuses upon and discusses the events which define modern China, the main backdrop being the ‘city at the bend of the river’ Shanghai.
