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  • Location: Kashgar, London

A Lady’s Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar

1920s and present day – Kashgar, one of the most remotest cities in China in the 1920s, and the journey told via the pages of…

  • Location: Mumbai (Bombay)

Sacred Games

2000s: Bombay is the real character of this book. Explore the dark side from the comfort of the written page. Some of the Street slang…

  • Location: Thailand, Bangkok, The Philippines

Pure

A  Bangkok ladyboy goes undercover in the pondoks (huts made from corrugated iron) of Southern Thailand to gather intelligence on the insurgency taking place there.

  • Location: Lahore, Cambridge, USA

The Good Children

1930s – 40s: Leaving home is one thing. Surviving is another. Study, honour and obey – but what do young children of the Punjab do…

  • Location: Shanghai

A Loyal Character Dancer

1990s – Second in the Inspector Chen Cao series, this is a police procedural set in Shanghai, featuring a man who as well as a…

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The Convenience Store by the Sea

2000s: Welcome to Tenderness, Japan!

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