The Choice

The Zhongyang textile group, a state mill with more than ten thousand workers, is close to bankruptcy, and thousands about to lose their jobs gather at its gate, ready to march on the provincial Party committee and bring the city to a standstill. Li Gaocheng, a mayor known for honesty and a lifetime of loyal service, goes to the mill alone and begins a secret inquiry. Wages go unpaid while managers spend public money on pleasure, and the trail leads to his old subordinates, his former superior and finally his own wife. Torn between ordinary people and those closest to him, he has to decide how far to follow the truth.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

552 pages in the original

Genres

Politics, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

China

First published

1997 by Qunzhong Publishing House

ISBN

9787501416035 (original)

9781838905491 (Sinoist Books, United Kingdom)