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Chinaman's Chance
Ross Thomas
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2002-01-15
主題
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Thrillers / General
Social Science / General
ISBN
0743236483
9780743236485
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MlmA3pAebm4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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""It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped over a dead pelican, fell, and met the man with six greyhounds."""- "from "Chinaman's Chance" Thus begins what may be the most popular of Ross Thomas's unique stories. The combination of Wu, pretender to the Imperial throne of China, and Quincy Durant, who has his own colorful past, makes for a heady experience. After starting with the deceased pelican on a California beach, the plot mixes in the disappearance of a large sum of money that should have been buried in Vietnam, and the search for the missing member of a trio of singing sisters from the Ozarks. Only Thomas could have stirred this concoction with the style, humor, and suspense that captures the reader at the very beginning and doesn't let go until the last word.