{"product_id":"empire-of-shadows-rangoon-noir","title":"Empire of Shadows: Rangoon Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmpire of Shadows: Rangoon Noir is set in colonial Rangoon from the late 1920s through to the end of the Second World\u003cbr\u003eWar. It traces the meteoric rise and bloody unraveling of Lanmadaw Phoe Toke, a dockside street fighter who claws his way\u003cbr\u003eto the top of Rangoon’s underworld. As British rule weakens and Japanese forces push into Burma, Phoe Toke dominates a\u003cbr\u003etreacherous world of gang warfare, police corruption, political intrigue, labour riots and wartime racketeering. He juggles\u003cbr\u003efragile alliances with British, Japanese, Indian, Chinese and Burmese powers in pursuit of wealth, influence and notoriety —\u003cbr\u003ebut at an ever-deepening moral cost. Phoe Toke discovers that survival demands constant reinvention in a world of transient\u003cbr\u003eloyalty and power. Blending noir brutality with scrupulous historical accuracy, Empire of Shadows: Rangoon Noir gives fresh\u003cbr\u003einsights into the forgotten gangster badlands of colonial Rangoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhet Zaw\u003c\/strong\u003e (pseudonym) was born in Bago, near Yangon (Rangoon). He began his career as a newspaper journalist with the\u003cbr\u003eVoice Daily and later worked as an editor for Real Life Real Stories magazine. After a brief imprisonment in 2017, he turned\u003cbr\u003eto fiction, drawing on historical research, journalistic reporting and real-life experiences. He has been living in exile since\u003cbr\u003e2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages :\u003c\/strong\u003e 262 หน้า\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize :\u003c\/strong\u003e 13 x 19.5 ซม.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN :\u003c\/strong\u003e 9786162152238\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khet Zaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48029887856814,"sku":null,"price":495.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/9329\/files\/EmpireofShadows_cover.jpg?v=1782715498","url":"https:\/\/silkwormbooks.com\/products\/empire-of-shadows-rangoon-noir","provider":"Silkworm Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}