The snakehead
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The sweeping history of the American dream, Manhattan’s Chinatown underbelly, and the grandma mastermind behind one of the largest human smuggling rings.
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‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.’ – Time
In this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.
In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.
Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a true crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
‘A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York’s Chinatown’ - The Times
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 16 februari 2023
Aantal pagina's: 448
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Patrick Radden Keefe
Hoofduitgeverij: Picador
Editie: 1
Product breedte: 130 mm
Product hoogte: 29 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 130 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm
Verpakking lengte: 198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 327 g
EAN: 9781529099881