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Invisible
Hsiao-Hung Pai
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Description for Invisible
Paperback. In this chilling expose, investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai works undercover as a housekeeper in a brothel and unveils the terrible reality of the British sex trade. Adapted into the Channel Four film documentary 'Sex: My British Job', by Nick Broomfield Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
Adapted into the Channel 4 documentary 'Sex: My British Job' by Nick Broomfield. Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came to Britain in search of a new life: Ming from China and Beata from Poland. Neither imagined that their journey would end in a British brothel. In this chilling expose, investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai works undercover as a housekeeper in a brothel and unveils the terrible reality of the British sex trade. Workers are trapped and controlled - the lack ... Read more
Adapted into the Channel 4 documentary 'Sex: My British Job' by Nick Broomfield. Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came to Britain in search of a new life: Ming from China and Beata from Poland. Neither imagined that their journey would end in a British brothel. In this chilling expose, investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai works undercover as a housekeeper in a brothel and unveils the terrible reality of the British sex trade. Workers are trapped and controlled - the lack ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908906069
SKU
V9781908906069
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hsiao-Hung Pai
Hsiao-Hung Pai is an acclaimed Taiwanese-born writer and journalist. She is the author of Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2009, and Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants. Pai's report on the Morecambe Bay tragedy for the Guardian was adapted into Nick Broomfield's film Ghosts. ... Read more
Reviews for Invisible
`This is investigative journalism at its best. Fearless, rigorous and compassionate, Invisible is a shocking expose of Britain's shadow world of sex slaves that enthralls and shames by turn. A master storyteller, Hsiao-Hung Pai opens a door onto one of the most secretive and least understood communities in the UK. Essential reading for anyone interested in the real price of ... Read more