{"product_id":"the-dead-cant-make-a-living-9781641297240","title":"The Dead Can't Make a Living","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A unique blend of tension, charm, tragedy, and optimism, with characters you'll love and a setting so real you'll think you've been there. Highly recommended.\"--Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEd Lin's big-hearted, eye-opening fifth installment in the fan-favorite Taipei Night Market series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJing-nan, the owner of the most popular food stand in Taipei's world-famous Shilin night market, is hauling trash after a successful evening of hawking Taiwanese delicacies to tourists when he finds a corpse propped up against the dumpsters. The dead man turns out to be Juan Ramos, a Philippine national who came to Taiwan for a job at a massive ZHD food processing plant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJing-nan is haunted by Ramos's story, and by the heartbreak of his family, who arrive in Taipei looking for answers. ZHD has a history of safety violations, and activists have a hunch Ramos's death might be part of a cover-up. Meanwhile, Jingnan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, has his own mysterious, probably illegal, reasons for being concerned about what's going on in ZHD. He pressures Jing-nan into a daring and risky mission: going undercover as a migrant laborer to get a job at the food processing plant and reporting back about the conditions inside. Jing-nan hopes to find out the truth for the Ramos family, and to save other immigrant lives--but first he has to survive the spy operation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis rollicking crime novel is a scorching, timely examination of our global dependence on undocumented immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641297240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ed Lin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239361343669,"sku":"9781641297240","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_581aa9e9-b015-4f80-b429-b301bbc3e974.jpg?v=1770917941","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dead-cant-make-a-living-9781641297240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}