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Dragonfish - A Novel
Vu Tran
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Description for Dragonfish - A Novel
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. Dimension: 209 x 140. Weight in Grams: 264.
Robert, an Oakland cop, still can’t let go of Suzy, the mysterious Vietnamese wife who left him. Now she’s disappeared from her new husband, Sonny, a violent smuggler who blackmails Robert into finding her. Searching for Suzy in the sleek and seamy gambling dens of Las Vegas, Robert finds himself also chasing the past that haunts her—one that extends back to Vietnam and a refugee camp in Malaysia, and forward to Suzy’s estranged daughter, a poker shark now taking the future into her own hands.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Language
English
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393352870
SKU
V9780393352870
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99-99
About Vu Tran
Vu Tran was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and raised in Oklahoma. He is the winner of a Whiting Award, and his short stories have appeared in many publications, including The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Mystery Stories. He teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Dragonfish - A Novel
"Well-handled and tautly told…[A] strong first novel for its risk taking, for its collapsing of genre, for its elegant language and its mediation of a history that is integral to post-1960s American identity yet often ignored."
Chris Abani - New York Times Book Review "Heartbreaking and haunting."
BuzzFeed "Transfixing…Like such writers as Caryl Phillips, Dinaw Mengestu and Edwidge ... Read more
Chris Abani - New York Times Book Review "Heartbreaking and haunting."
BuzzFeed "Transfixing…Like such writers as Caryl Phillips, Dinaw Mengestu and Edwidge ... Read more