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I'm [still] a [part-time] columnist for the Boston Globe. Before that I worked as a business reporter in Los Angeles and Moscow. I've lived in Boston since 1984, and written for the newspaper since 19…

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​​​​Born in Shanghai, I spent a decade in the tech and finance world across New York, Toronto, London and Berlin, before writing this novel.

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