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A deductive powerhouse, detective Kwan Chun-dok becomes a tale in the Hong Kong POLICE, nicknamed "the Eye of Heaven" by his awe-struck colleagues. Divided into six sections told backwards chronological order - each which includes an important circumstance in Kwan's job and takes place at a pivotal point in time in Hong Kong record - The Borrowed comes after Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist riot in 1967, when a bombing story threatens many lives; the conflict between the Hong Kong law enforcement and Independent Commission payment against Problem in 1977; and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 to the Handover in 1997 and present of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his last circumstance, the murder of an area billionaire. On the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders at the city's many covered markets, pop performers enmeshed in the high-stakes equipment of star-making, and a people always caught in the moving balance of politics electric power, whether in London or Beijing - all coalescing into a vibrant portrait of the attractive city. Tracing a wide historical arc, The Borrowed discloses just how directly everything is connected, how record always repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to replicate the politics upheaval and societal unrest of days gone by. It is a gripping, brilliantly created novel from a proficient new voice.
