Mutual Strangers Spawn Grappling with the era's body

Grappling with the era's body shaming and blatant sexism while dealing with a growing body of her own

Through a host of vivid anecdotes

'This is the book that puts all the evidence before the people' Jean-Pierre Gazeau

the cruel queen of the underworld

Sir Ranulph Fiennes - one of the only men to understand his experience first-hand

Mutual Strangers Spawn Grappling with the era's bodyCollecting two decades of remembrances from Chinas premier literary caricaturist, these short stories offer bite sized misdeeds committed by Nanjings underground literati. Freed from family duties, the boys spend their nights freewheeling and trying their luck with pretty girls amid a haze of cigarette smoke and cheap beer. However, as the evening drags on, trouble brews and dates turn sour. Their only real solace is an unspoken camaraderie. After the