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CHINA DAILY

Chinese author Zhou Meisen's 2016 best-seller In the Name of People has seen a surge in popularity with the broadcast of its TV adaptation of the same title since March. The novel, with its vivid picture of Chinese officialdom in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign, has topped the best-selling list of fiction on Douban, one of the country's biggest websites for reviews on books, movies and TV programs, in recent weeks. Literary critics praise Zhou's novel for its portrayal on challenges in the battle against corruption and in-depth exploration of what makes a public servant's soul dark.