The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel
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Little Brown and Company, 2021.
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275 pages 24 cm
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Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
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Published
Little Brown and Company, 2021.
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An astounding debut that reimagines the classic Western through the eyes of a Chinese American assassin on a quest to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact his revenge on her abductors, and “declares the arrival of an astonishing new voice” (Jonathan Lethem).
Orphaned young, Ming Tsu, the son of Chinese immigrants, is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. But when Ming falls in love with Ada, the daughter of a powerful railroad magnate, and the two elope, he seizes the opportunity to escape to a different life. Soon after, in a violent raid, the tycoon’s henchmen kidnap Ada and conscript Ming into service for the Central Pacific Railroad.
Battered, heartbroken, and yet defiant, Ming partners with a blind clairvoyant known only as the prophet. Together the two set out to rescue his wife and to exact revenge on the men who destroyed Ming, aided by a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers, whom they meet on the journey. Ming blazes his way across the West, settling old scores with a single-minded devotion that culminates in an explosive and unexpected finale.
Written with the violent ardor of Cormac McCarthy and the otherworldly inventiveness of Ted Chiang, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu is at once a thriller, a romance, and a story of one man’s quest for redemption in the face of a distinctly American brutality.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lin, T. (2021). The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu: a novel . Little Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom. 2021. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel. Little Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel Little Brown and Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel Little Brown and Company, 2021.
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