Shanghai Whispers Shanghai Screams is a gritty, pulp literary tale of man who travels through Japan to Hong Kong -- eventually finding himself in Shanghai, China, where he meets and falls in love with a woman -- only to have her stolen from him by the cruel hands of fate. This book details the sights and sounds of mid 1980s Shanghai, China in the explicit language and cruel details that can only be truly explained by an author who intimately knows the deep secrets of the city and the society. Publishers Weekly states about this novel, "Riveting Reading!"About the Author: Scott Shaw is a prolific author, actor, artist, composer, photographer, and filmmaker. Shaw was born and spent his formative years in Hollywood, California and has since spent years of his life living in various geographical locations throughout Asia. His poetry and literary fiction was first published in literary journals in the late 1970s. He continued forward to have several works of poetry and literature published in book form during the 1980s. As the 1990s dawned, Shaw's writings began to be embraced in Spiritual and Martial Art circles. From this, he has authored a number of books on Zen Buddhism, Yoga, and the Martial Arts, published by large publishing houses.