The Deadly Eurasian

by Alexander Cordell

First published 1967

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Mei Kayling operates in the dangerous borderland between Communist China and Hong Kong as Red Guard politics, refugee movement and Cold War suspicion turn identity into a matter of survival. Her Chinese and European connections make her useful to competing interests but also expose her to distrust from every side.
The plot expands into an international crisis involving a suspected nuclear explosion and American military interests, giving Cordell a historical thriller rooted in the tensions of 1960s East Asia. The Cultural Revolution, the vulnerability of Hong Kong and superpower rivalry form the political background. Published in some editions as The Bright Cantonese, the novel combines espionage with a portrait of people trying to cross ideological and national boundaries.