{"product_id":"the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu-1","title":"The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astounding debut that reimagines the classic Western through the eyes of a Chinese American assassin on a quest to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact his revenge on her abductors, and \"declares the arrival of an astonishing new voice\" (Jonathan Lethem). \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","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9798885780155-001","offer_id":43782455689277,"sku":"9798885780155-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/8041073488912.jpg?v=1791475906","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}