The Vagrants: A Novel

A tale of the far-reaching consequences of a political prisoner’s execution in the provincial city of Muddy River in China.

A young woman wakes in Muddy River as a political prisoner. A former member of the Red Guard, Gu Shan has been sentenced to death for speaking against the Chinese Communist Party and turning away from Mao. As her parents begin to grieve in anticipation, they have no sense of how their provincial city will be totally reshaped by their daughter’s death.

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