Hodder & Stoughton
Portrait of a Thief (inbunden, eng)
259 kr
259 kr
Tis, 7 jan - ons, 8 jan
Säker betalning
Öppet köp till och med 7/1-25
Säljs och levereras av
Buyersclub.se
Produktbeskrivning
"A remarkably assured debut" Sunday Times
"This is as much a novel as a reckoning." New York Times
The characters are alluring and ... engaging. So too are the emotional struggles the crew endure as they try to balance duty to family with their love for China and the need to understand their own personalities." Literary Review
"This is the heist novel we deserveBrilliantly twisty and yet so contemplative [...] this book will continue to haunt you long after you''ve reached the end."
-Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties
"Portrait of a Thief was everything I imagined and moreThe writing felt close and intimate and the characters felt like portraits themselves, bursting with life and delicately human."
-Morgan Rogers, author of Honey Girl
"Grace D. Li is a virtuosic storyteller [...] the most exciting debut I''ve read this year [...] an intelligent page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very end."
-Lauren Wilkinson, New York Times bestselling author of American Spy
"In this slick, dazzling, debut, the stakes are high and the writing elegantHere''s a story that offers not just adventure or a reprieve from the everyday, but big dreams, big hearts, enduring friendships, and the multitudes of identities that can exist within each one of us."
-Weike Wang, author of Chemistry
"A beautiful examination of identity as children of the diaspora [...] This fast-paced heist leaves you clutching the pages and rooting for the thieves."
-Roselle Lim, author of Natalie Tan''s Book of Luck and Fortune
"A lyrical and action-packed tale of yearning, connection, self-discovery, and righting wrongs, Portrait of a Thief is a unique vision of what it means to come home."
-Delilah SDawson, New York Times bestselling author of The Violence
___________________________________________________________________________________
This was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese artEven in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise.
Will Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West - its art, its culture, all that it has taken and called its ownHe believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it''s surprisingly easy to say yes.
Will''s crew, fellow students chosen out of his boundless optimism for their skills and loyalty, aren''t exactly experienced criminalsIrene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daniel is pre-med with steady hands and dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; and Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in and out of each museum they must rob.
Each student has their own complicated relationship with China and the identities they''ve cultivated as Chinese Americans, but one thing soon becomes certain: they won''t say no.
Because if they succeed? They earn an unfathomable ten million each, and a chance to make historyIf they fail, they lose everything . . . and the West wins again.
Format Inbunden Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Hodder & Stoughton Utgivningsdatum 2022-04-14 ISBN 9781529386394
Artikel.nr.
0a102d1b-4879-5a5e-ae66-6421617b731b
Hodder & Stoughton
Portrait of a Thief (inbunden, eng)
259 kr
259 kr
Tis, 7 jan - ons, 8 jan
Säker betalning
Öppet köp till och med 7/1-25
Säljs och levereras av
Buyersclub.se
Liknande toppsäljare
Sällskapsspel med magnetiska stenar med intelligensutmaning
159 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
169 kr
Sony PlayStation 5 Slim Digital Edition (PS5)
5 678 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
5 689 kr
Apple AirPods (andra generation) med Lightning-laddningsetui
1 430 kr
Nattlampa - Stjärnprojektor med LED-lampa - Astronaut
349 kr
Öronkuddar för Bose QuietComfort - QC35/QC25/QC15/AE2 Hörlurar SVART
79 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
99 kr
Ersättningsfjärrkontroll för Chromecast Google TV G9N9N
99 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
129 kr
Tillbehör Roborock S6/S60/S65/S5 Max/T6 / 20 delar
276 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
369 kr
Sony PlayStation DualSense - White (PS5)
779 kr
Gadgetmonster Vlogging Kit - Komplett Vlogg-kit med LED-ringbelysning och golvstativ
199 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
399 kr
12-pack Oral-B Kompatibla Tandborsthuvuden
89 kr
Rekommendationer för dig
SCART till HDMI-omvandlare 1080p
78 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
82 kr
iPhone Laddare Snabbladdare - Adapter + Kabel 20W USB-C 2m
99 kr
Löpband under skrivbordet 1-6KM/H Walking Jogging Machine för hemmakontor Svart
1 799 kr
Tidigare lägsta pris:
1 899 kr
PS4 Handkontroll DoubleShock Trådlös för Play-station 4
279 kr
Bright Beauty Vanity Namira - sminkspegel med belysning - hollywoodspegel - make up spegel - vit - dimbar med tre ljuslägen
899 kr
Knivset för Barn 6-delar - Barnvänliga knivar
149 kr
Apple Airpods (2nd Gen) with Charging Case
1 695 kr
FENCHILIN Stor Hollywood sminkspegel med belysning USB Bordsskiva Väggfäste Vit spegel 80 x 58 cm
1 611 kr
Magnetic Tiles - Magnetiska Byggklossar - 40 Delar - Bygg Magneter
179 kr
Bright Beauty Vanity Namira - sminkspegel med belysning - hollywoodspegel - make up spegel - vit - dimbar med tre ljuslägen
899 kr