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“Maurice Dekobra was a French author, writing in the 1930s mostly. He is a very literary and fascinating writer in a populist way, and Honeymoon in Shanghai is one of his most interesting stories. He writes about a foreign woman with her young attractive daughter, stuck in Shanghai. She’s almost pimping her daughter out, trying to find her a boyfriend or suitors—not necessarily husbands, but people who will take her out and give the family some money so that they can survive.” Read more...
Paul French, Journalist
