The Chinese Bandit
by Stephen Becker
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Pub Date Jan 12 2016 | Archive Date Apr 12 2016
Description
That summer they hanged a fat man at the Western gate as a warning and example to all.
Kao was a traitor, a thief, a pimp, a black marketeer—and Jake Dodds’s partner. So what if he traded stolen military supplies with the Japanese, Jake wants to know. He never cheated me. But 1947 Peking is a savage, cutthroat city, and the United States Marine Corps sergeant is too busy saving his own skin to put up a fight over Kao’s fate.
Jake served his country with honor in World War II, but when he knocks an American brigadier general through a barroom window, no amount of battlefield scars or combat medals will save him from prison. So he sets out across the Gobi Desert with a caravan of Kao’s illicit goods—and plunges into a world of violence and treachery that will take every ounce of his strength and intelligence to survive. Pursued by Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Army and a bandit chieftain named Tiger’s Assistant Demon, Jake disappears into the mountains—but the chaos of postwar China is inescapable, and “peace” has never been a part of this two-fisted adventurer’s vocabulary.
The Chinese Bandit is the 1st book in the Far East Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Advance Praise
“Few Western novelists have written about China. Fewer still have done it well. . . . With The Chinese Bandit, Stephen Becker joins this small list. . . . An action novel, a cop-suey western, of great merit. The narrative is as terse and suggestive as a scroll painting.” —TheNew York Times Book Review
“Becker’s most exciting novel. He creates an atmosphere as convincing as his plot is compelling . . . will keep readers turning pages through the night.” —Los Angeles Times
“I was immediately captivated. . . . Delicious . . . Relax and enjoy.” —The New York Times
“Exotic and breathlessly exciting.” —Cosmopolitan
“Steamy with sex and violence . . . A whopper.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“All the verve and excitement of a modern Dumas.” —Ernest K. Gann
“A glorious adventure story, the kind of book I’d like to take with me were I to cross the Atlantic alone.” —Jan de Hartog
“Beautifully written . . . A tale Joseph Conrad would have been proud to write.” —Bookletter
“[Becker’s] finest work . . . Fascinating . . . Well worth seeking out.” —Bookslut.com
“Lusty . . . Rich and rambling.” —Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781504026949 |
| PRICE | $0.00 (USD) |
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