An entertaining if somewhat predictable historical novel, set in Vienna and Shanghai during WWII. A Jewish surgeon and his family flee Vienna to one of the few places that will accept them, the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai. There the doctor meets a Chinese nurse, and a tepid romance ensues. For me the most interesting aspect was the portrayal of the Japanese Kempeitai, a horrifically brutal occupying force with the distinction of having no particular Anti-Semitic feelings. Engaging but not thought provoking.
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