The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

Patrick Radden Keefe

432 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative fast-paced
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A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime bossIn the 1980s, a wave of Chinese from Fujian province began arriving in America. Like other immigrant groups before them, they showed up with little money but wi...

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Moods

informative 97%
dark 43%
reflective 30%
adventurous 27%
challenging 21%
tense 17%
emotional 16%
sad 13%
inspiring 8%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 3%

Pace

medium 77%
fast 12%
slow 9%

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4.09

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