{"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\u003eOrphaned 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\u003eBattered, 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\u003eWritten 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316542142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence - Winner","brand":"Tom Lin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42077545234613,"sku":"9780316542142","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cded20af-31f4-4f4b-896e-2513a87a1738.jpg?v=1650957013","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu-9780316542142","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}