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The Snakehead

The Snakehead

An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
Narrative non-fictionPolitics & SocietySociology
Pages
432
Published
2009
Language
English

Synopsis

This mesmerizing narrative chronicles the rise and fall of Sister Ping, an unlikely international crime boss. In the 1980s, as Chinese immigrants arrived in America, Sister Ping built a vast and often brutal global conglomerate, smuggling people and running an underground bank from her noodle shop. Her ingenuity and drive earned her reverence in Chinatown and the relentless pursuit of law enforcement.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyInformativeComplex
Anti-HeroVillain Protagonist

Genres

Politics & Society Sociology True Crime

About the author

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Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and the author of the New York Times bestseller Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, as well as two other books: The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream, and Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping. He started contributing to The New Yorker in 2006 and has written articles about the chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, the...

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