Chimerica
By: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Description: Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe - a young American photojournalist - captures a piece of history with his camera: the moment when a lone man steps in front of the tanks. New York, 2012. Joe is covering the presidential election, marred by debate over cheap labour and the outsourcing of American jobs to Chinese factories. When a cryptic message left in a Beijing newspaper suggests that the so-called 'tank man' is still alive and living in America, Joe is driven to discover the truth about the unknown hero he photographed.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2013.