Chang, Lan Samantha
Family Chao a novel The family Chao Lan Samantha Chang - First edition. - New York, NY W. W. Norton & Company 2022 - 301 pages 24 cm
"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"--
9780393868074 0393868079 9781324050469
2021037009
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
Homicide--Fiction.
Wisconsin.
PS3553.H2724 / F36 2022
Cha 30
Family Chao a novel The family Chao Lan Samantha Chang - First edition. - New York, NY W. W. Norton & Company 2022 - 301 pages 24 cm
"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"--
9780393868074 0393868079 9781324050469
2021037009
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
Homicide--Fiction.
Wisconsin.
PS3553.H2724 / F36 2022
Cha 30