The civil servant's notebook
Subtitle: a novel of China
By: by Wang Xiaofang ; translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen
Contributors: Abrahamsen, Eric
Publisher: Viking; Penguin Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780670080939
Subjects: Corruption; Fiction; Officials and employees
Work titles: Gang wu yuan bi ji
Description: Dongzhou City needs a new mayor. The secretive, government corridors are awash with rumour, insinuation and subterfuge as the mandarins of the local Communist Party go through the motions of selecting their candidate. Ruthless politiking then ensues and dangerous factions begin to form around the two contenders, Liu Yihe and Peng Guoliang. At the centre of it all is a notebook, a humble witness to events but whose pages contain information they shouldn't.