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The family Chao : a novel

Chang, Lan Samantha, author

2022

Overview

\"An acclaimed storyteller returns with \"a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery\" that explores \"family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream\" (Jean Kwok). The residents of Haven, Wisconsin have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, happy to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. But when brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo Chao is found dead--presumed murdered--his sons find they've drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town. The ensuing trial brings to light potential motives for all three brothers: Dagou, the restaurant's reckless head chef; Ming, financially successful but personally tortured; and the youngest, gentle but lost college student James. Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town. \"At once a brilliant reimagining of Dostoevsky and a wholly original and gripping story about the passions, rivalries, and searing pressures that roil a singular immigrant family.\"--Jess Walter, author of The Cold Millions\"-- Provided by publisher

• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
• Subject: Chinese American families Fiction. / Family-owned business enterprises Fiction. / Chinese restaurants Fiction. / Brothers Fiction. / Murder Investigation Fiction. / Family secrets Fiction. / FICTION / Asian American / FICTION / Cultural Heritage / FICTION / Family Life / General / Brothers. / Chinese American families. / Chinese restaurants. / Family-owned business enterprises. / Family secrets. / Murder Investigation.
• ISBN: 9780393868074, 0393868079

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3553.H2724 F36 2022	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE