The family Chao : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0393868079
- ISBN: 9780393868074
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Physical Description:
301 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022]
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "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"-- |
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Subject: | Chinese American families Fiction Family-owned business enterprises Fiction Chinese restaurants Fiction Brothers Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Family secrets Fiction |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Mystery fiction. Mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 33 of 36 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Woodbury Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 36 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Woodbury Public Library | FIC CHANG (Text) | 34018152796522 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ansonia Public Library | MYS CHANG, LAN SAMANTHA (Text) | 34045145959289 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Beardsley Branch - Bridgeport | MYS CHANG (Text) | 34000149077984 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | MYS CHANG (Text) | 34030150553599 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | MYS CHANG (Text) | 34000149078164 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Bolton High School | FIC CHA (Text) | 34062150681658 | Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF CHA (Text) | 33260000567652 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/CHANG (Text) | 34029150040557 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | MYS CHANG (Text) | 34000149078081 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC CHA (Text) | 34014150071729 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |