42. Opium Venture by Gerald Sparrow (1957) | Olive Yang fictionalization
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Opium Venture was first published in 1957. Authored by Gerald Sparrow, it is purported to be the true story of an alluring opium queen in Burma, who seduces and marries Sparrow in a plot to secure her opium empire. People in Olive Yang's circle identified this book as a stand-in for Olive.
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