Dragon Head and Phoenix Tail Author: Ma Jiahui Publisher: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House

· "Asia Weekly" Top Ten Novels of 2016

·People's Daily 50 books worth reading in 2016

Sina Book List 2016 Popularity Award

"Tencent Business Daily Chinese Books" 2016 Best Literature Books

They are ships that are not close to each other, but they are in the same river.

In times like these, everyone bears the burden of the world's chaos and the resentment that comes with it.

What you are betting against is not anything else but fate, just fate.

In China in 1936, the situation was in chaos and unclear, with civil war and foreign war on the verge of breaking out. Lu Beicai, a carpenter from the countryside of Guangdong, was thrown into the waves of the times, where he was kneaded, crushed, and floated up and down.

He left home to join Chen Jitang's army, accidentally learned his brother's secrets and almost lost his life; he sneaked to Hong Kong to work as a coolie to make a living, and was involved in a murder case of a foreigner; he fled to Guangzhou in desperation and joined the Hongmen through his brother's introduction... In the gamble with fate, Lu Beicai always seemed to have the luck to turn danger into safety. When he returned to Hong Kong again, he changed his name to Beiwei Nan and became the leader of Sun Xingshe, and was respectfully called "Nan Ye" by the underworld.

But the gamble of history never goes according to the rules. The threat from the Japanese is getting closer and closer. The Shanghai Green Gang is coming, and Wang Jingwei's people are coming. The rivers and lakes are in turmoil, and the secret bomb in Nan Ye's heart seems to be ready to explode at any time...

Ma Jiahui was born in Wan Chai, Hong Kong in 1963. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from National Taiwan University, a master's degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. He is a well-known media personality, columnist, host, and cultural critic. He used to think that he loved making movies, doing research, and traveling, but now he realizes that what he loves most is doing nothing except occasionally sitting in his study, facing the computer and typing.

He grew up in the 1970s when Hong Kong's economy was booming, but he left Hong Kong for Taiwan because he read Li Ao. He has been writing columns for more than 30 years, making jokes and comments on the world; he started to think about writing novels when he was over 50, and his first works were amazing. Novelist Ma Jiahui officially debuted.

He has written "Uncle", "Little Sister", "The Secret Affair of Time", "It's Not Bad to Die Here", "Falling in Love with Some Scumbags", etc.; and co-authored "Comparative Notes @1963" and "The Three of Us @1963" with Yang Zhao and Hu Hongxia.