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PRAISE FOR NURY VITTACHI

AND THE FENG SHUI DETECTIVE BOOKS

‘Unsurpassable mixture of humor, wisdom and whodunnit.’

The Crime Forum , Germany

‘Should bear a large red label warning against its being read while

consuming beverages, lest unwary readers wind up spitting tea

through their nose as I did.’

That’s Beijing

‘Wacky and hilarious whodunit—you just have to dig in

and hold on for the wild ride.’

Asian Review of Books

‘An international bestseller whose unlikely sleuths

appear to be heading for cult status.’

Herald Sun , Melbourne

‘Totally engrossing and very, very funny.’

Radio 3AK, Melbourne

‘If Hollywood wakes up...’

The Australian

‘One of the most droll, attractive and

unusual of modern amateur detectives.’

The Bulletin

‘A very funny book. Dangerously so at times.’

That’s Beijing

‘The story is populated by a stream of eccentric characters and

amusing examples of Singapore’s polyglot, multiethnic culture...

a tasty smorgasbord of modern Asian life.’

Japan Times

‘Does for the ﬂ ow of ch’i what Sherlock Holmes

did for cocaine.’

South China Morning Post

‘The man who made Lee Kuan Yew laugh.’

The New Paper , Singapore

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E

THE

SHANGHAI

UNION of

INDUSTRIAL

MYSTICS

Nury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

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First published in 2006

Copyright © Nury Vittachi 2006

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced

or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any

information storage and retrieval system, without prior

permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian

Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one

chapter or 10% of this book, whichever is the greater, to be

photocopied by any educational institution for its

educational purposes provided that the educational

institution (or body that administers it) has given a

remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)

under the Act.

Allen & Unwin

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Crows Nest NSW 2065

Australia

Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100

Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218

Email: info@allenandunwin.com

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National Library of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Vittachi, Nury, 1958- .

The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics.

ISBN 1 74114 779 4.

1. Feng shui - Fiction. 2. Shanghai (China) - Fiction. I.

Title.

A823.4

Edited by Jo Jarrah

Cover and text designed by Design by Committee

Typeset by Michael Kuszla, J&M Typesetting

Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

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I am indebted to many people who helped in a number of ways

while I wrote this book. Enormous gratitude goes to publisher

Patrick Gallagher, for inviting me into the esteemed circle of Allen

& Unwin authors, and to my gimlet-eyed editors, Clare Emery and

Jo Jarrah. Thank you to my fantastic family for letting me go AWOL

in Shanghai. This book is about how people of different cultures

in the Asia-Paciﬁ c can achieve wonderful things when they work

together. For this reason, I dedicate this volume to Todd and Allison

Wong, and to Scott and Marybeth Lawson, two couples who are

dear friends and masters of cross-cultural bridge building.

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