{"product_id":"the-colonel-and-the-eunuch","title":"The Colonel and the Eunuch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe phenomenal #1 Chinese bestseller, with over 4 million copies sold. This is a searing exploration of what makes a hero: a literary masterpiece, available in the English language for the very first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe boy grows up in a small village in south China listening to stories about the Colonel: some say he was a legendary army doctor during the war, some say he was a traitor to the Party, still others say he is a wicked sex machine. The stories are bawdy and mesmerizing, always larger than life. Yet in reality, the Colonel is just a middle-aged man who loves his cat. And why on earth does everyone call him 'the Eunuch'?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom these disparate sources, the boy tries to piece together who the Colonel really is, just as he himself grows up in a rapidly changing China. It is not until many years later, when the boy also becomes a middle-aged man, that he would look back and finally solve the puzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMai Jia was born in 1964 and spent many years in the Chinese intelligence services. His first novel in English, \u003cem\u003eDecoded\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Penguin Classics in 2002, and has been translated into over 20 languages. Jia's novels have sold over 10 million copies and he is a winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest literary honour in China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDylan Levi King is a writer and Chinese translator based in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.8 x 3 x 19.6 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46654843977885,"sku":"9781804540282","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/the_colonel_and_the_eunuch_mai_jia_9781804540282.jpg?v=1745390320","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-colonel-and-the-eunuch","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}