In the Face of Death We Are EqualThose who know me call me Old He, and they also know that Ive worked in a crematorium for my entire life. Here begins Mu Caos novel In the Face of Death We Are Equal, an unrelentingly realistic portrait of working class gay men in the underbelly of Chinese society. He Donghai is days away from his sixtieth birthday and long awaited retirement from his job as a corpse burner at a Beijing crematorium. As he approaches the momentous day, he reflects on