Ever had a bookshop fantasy?

Chapter 6. Festive

Chapter 1. Flood

Chapter 2. Infidelity I, II, III

Chapter 3. Morality Police

Chapter 4. Feng Shue

Chapter 5. The Orphans

Chapter 7. Entertainment

Chapter 8. Tourist Run

Chapter 9. Street Life

An accidental journey begins in a small English language bookshop and leads you through the winding backstreets of Hanoi. 

Evocative bite-sized vignettes about life, circuses, the streets and the people of Vietnam’s northern capital. 

All the while battling counterfeiting book thugs, censorship and hiding out with Imperialist-Running-Dogs. 

Stories from Hanoi at the start of the new millennium, Cement Factory No.9 is an ode to a country in transition, where the rules were rubbery and a decent read was in short supply.