The Snakehead : An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Benbella Books reshaping landscapes and culinary tastes

reshaping landscapes and culinary tastes

--Kirkus (edited)

It's time for everyone to listen

The extraordinary new novel from the author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize winning The Remains of the Day

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The Snakehead : An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Benbella Books reshaping landscapes and culinary tastesIn this thrilling panorama of real life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New Yorks Chinatown managed a multi million dollar business smuggling people. Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Pings complex empire and recounts the decade long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and