Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption and vengeance in today's China / Desmond Shum.
"After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of the red aristocracy, vaulted into China's billionaire class. Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles, and art. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she cannot tell it herself."---Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 1982156155
- ISBN: 9781982156152
- Physical Description: 310 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index. |
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Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 SHUM (Text) | 50686016111051 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | 338.092 SHUM (Text) | 36446002053323 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | 338.092 SHU (Text) | 35610000979711 | HGHM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults 338.09 SHU Life Times (Text) | 33454005818679 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
North Pocono Public Library | 92 SHUM (Text) | 50691010933559 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Bio Shum, D (Text) | 33223008728486 | Biography | Available | - |
Tamaqua Public Library | 338 SH (Text) | 30TPL001889755 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 338.092 (Text) | 33062009535338 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |