The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel
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Little, Brown and Company, Publisher
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McGregor Public Library - Fiction
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273 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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English
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"A Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice: a twist on the classic western from '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."--,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lin, T. (2022). The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu: a novel (First Back Bay trade paperback edition.). Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom, 1996-. 2022. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel. Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom, 1996-. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lin, Tom. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel First Back Bay trade paperback edition., Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
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