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This is a bust, a novel by Ed Lin

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This is a bust, a novel by Ed Lin

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

This is a bust

Oclc number

154788147

Responsibility statement

a novel by Ed Lin

Summary

Ed Lin explores the unexotic and very real complexities of New York City's Chinatown, circa 1976, through the eyes of a Chinese-American cop. A Vietnam vet and an alcoholic, Robert Chow's troubles are compounded by the fact that he's basically community-relations window-dressing for the NYPD: he's the only Chinese American on the Chinatown beat, and the only police officer who can speak Cantonese, but he's never assigned anything more challenging than appearances at store openings or community events. Chow is willing to stuff down his feelings and hang tight for a promotion to the detective track, despite the community unrest that begins to roil around him. But when his superiors remain indifferent to an old Chinese woman's death, he is forced to take matters into his own hands

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