Night in Shanghai

Set against the vibrant backdrop of 1936 Shanghai, this novel follows the journey of pianist Thomas Greene, who rises from poverty to become a celebrated jazz musician amid a city obsessed with pleasure and power. He forms a forbidden bond with Song Yuhua, a woman secretly working for the Communist Party, as they navigate love and danger during the tumultuous years of Japanese invasion and occupation. Richly researched, the story weaves together the lives of black musicians in the Chinese jazz scene with an extraordinary true account of Holocaust heroism.