Alan Cheuse reviews Night in Shanghai, by Nicole Mones. Book Review: 'Night in Shanghai' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Shanghai in 1936 was on the verge of Japanese occupation. Our reviewer Alan Cheuse ...

Her latest novel, Night in Shanghai, is the story of an African ... Mones spoke recently about her book to . China's struggle to modernise - personally, socially, economically, in terms of ...

Night in Shanghai is an intelligent historical romance made with forceful insight into the characters and a telling sense of detail. Historical fiction at its best, the book gives us a deep ...