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Nov 08, 2014
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One of the most defining moments in modern Chinese history is the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. The Chinese government more or less pretends that it never happened, and detains anyone inside the country who argues publicly otherwise. A situation that can only be described as absurd.

And there is plenty of the absurd in Sheng Keyi’s new novel, Death Fug…

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