Denise Chong discusses her new book, Egg on Mao April 7, 2010

Canadian author Denise Chong discusses and signs her new book, Egg on Mao, an account of the life and fate of a small-town bus mechanic from Mao's home province. The best-selling author of The Concubine's Children, Chong tells a story that pivots on the young man's defiant act during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests--for which he was labelled a counter-revolutionary--when he threw paint-filled eggs at the iconic portrait of Chairman Mao. A story that reads like Shakespearean drama, peppered with defiance, love and betrayal.

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