{"product_id":"the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu-9780316542142","title":"The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review Editors' Choice: a twist on the classic western from \"an astonishing new voice\" (Jonathan Lethem).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written with the violent ardor of Cormac McCarthy and the otherworldly inventiveness of Ted Chiang, \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In Tom Lin's novel, the atmosphere of Cormac McCarthy's West, or that of the Coen Brothers' \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e, gives way to the phantasmagorical shades of Ray Bradbury, Charles Finney's \u003ci\u003eThe Circus of Dr. Lao\u003c\/i\u003e, and Katherine Dunn's \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu\u003c\/i\u003e has a velocity and perspective all its own, and is a fierce new version of the Westward Dream.\" --Jonathan Lethem, author of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Lin \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in China and immigrated to the United States when he was four. A graduate of Pomona College, he is currently in the PhD program at the University of California, Davis. \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613056340242,"sku":"9780316542142","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1732fcc3-f98f-4bc7-99cd-094593d4e05e.jpg?v=1732385620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu-9780316542142","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}