Bibliograph

Diary of a naked official, Ouyang Yu

Type

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Diary of a naked official, Ouyang Yu

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Diary of a naked official

Responsibility statement

Ouyang Yu

Summary

Anonymous, the keeper of the diary, deputy director of a publishing company in a nameless city in China, is a happily married man with a daughter until he succumbs fully to his sexual desires, forever searching for new erotic experiences and secret liaisons. Anonymous is able to hoard a fortune, by embezzlement or corruption, with which he buys permanent resident status for his wife and daughter in the West. He stays behind in China, a situation commonly referred to as a naked official in contemporary Chinese terminology, one who has nothing to fear when exposed because his family is safely installed overseas with all his money

Target audience

adult

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