num_pages: 321
description: The story behind the Broadway play M. Butterfly chronicles the strange love affair between a French diplomat in Beijing and a mysterious opera singer, a liaison in which the Frenchman is unaware that his lover is a man. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: Liaison: the Gripping Real Story of the Diplomat Spy and the Chinese Opera Star
titlecomplete: Liaison: the Gripping Real Story of the Diplomat Spy and the Chinese Opera Star
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, China, Transgender, History
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Bantam