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Yellowthread Street (Yellowthread Street #1)
The Hong Bay district of Hong Kong is a spectacularly seedy maze of cut-rate brothels, betting shops, and other less wholesome enterprises. Keeping the peace - sort of - are the cops of the Yellowthread Street Station. They're an intrepid (if foul-mouthed) bunch, but even their formidable skills are taxed by the Bay's latest series of mishaps, which begin with a fellow nea
...moreMass Market Paperback, 144 pages
Published
March 1st 1988
by Mysterious Press
(first published 1975)
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“If you’re a tourist in bustling Hong Kong, don’t venture into the seedy dancehall district of Hong Bay. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer and the cops of Yellowthread Street Station can tell you why.”
Published in 1975 when Hong Kong was still British-owned and (evidently) British-policed, this first in the series introduces us to the station staff and a few of the area streets, and not much else. There is very little plot, rather just the meandering day by day occurrences and interactions...more
Published in 1975 when Hong Kong was still British-owned and (evidently) British-policed, this first in the series introduces us to the station staff and a few of the area streets, and not much else. There is very little plot, rather just the meandering day by day occurrences and interactions...more
Jul 31, 2010
Kathryn McCary
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The first of William Marshall's tautly-written and hilarious stories featuring the staff of the Yellowthread Street police station in Hong Kong includes most of what came to be the trademarks of the series--multiple plots unwinding simultaneously, freeze-frame and looping in the middle of action sequences, existentialist self-examination by the various characters, and considerable sardonic observation of cross-cultural interactions. This book was a lot of fun--and the start of a long-running and...more
The action takes place in Hong Kong, in a seedy district called Hong Bay. There really is no plot or story--just a series of disconnected incidents, some serious, some absolutely hilarious. Even the serious ones have their comic aspects. Some laugh-out-loud scenes. Light reading but very entertaining.
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Jobiska (Cindy)
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William Marshall (or William Leonard Marshall) (born 1944, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for his Hong Kong-based "Yellowthread Street" mystery novels, some of which were used as the basis for a British TV series.
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