After the violence of Kristallnacht (1938), European Jews are now desperate to emigrate. Only one port required no entry visa: Shanghai. With all their assets, and passports confiscated by the Nazis, they arrive penniless and stateless in a tumultuous, nearly lawless city notorious for vice. As Daniel Lohr tries to navigate his way through Shanghai's fabled nightlife, he finds himself increasingly ensnared in a maze where politics and crime are two sides of the same shiny coin. But how do you stay ahead of murder? How do you outrun your own past?
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