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- Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Canada
- On Sale: August 30, 2011
- Price: $19.95
- ISBN: 978-0-307-35580-5 (0-307-35580-2)
about this book
The eagerly-awaited new book by Denise Chong, author of the award-winning bestseller, The Concubine’s Children.
In her first book in a decade, Chong tells the story of a man who humiliated a repressive regime in front of the entire world, and whose daring gesture informs our view of human rights to this day. Despite his family’s impeccable Communist roots, Lu Decheng, a small town bus mechanic, grew up intuiting all that was wrong with Mao’s China. As a young man he believes truth and decency mattered, only to learn that preserving the Chairman’s legacy mattered more.
Lu’s story reads like Shakespearean drama, peppered with defiance, love and betrayal. His steadfast refusal to acquiesce comes to a head, but not an end, with his infamous defacing of Mao’s portrait during the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.
“Chong is a masterful storyteller. . . .Egg on Mao is a lovely and fascinating look at not only China, but also the power of friendship and human decency.” –Quill and Quire
“Egg on Mao speaks the universal language of human rights.” –The Daily News
