Chinaman's Chance
by Thomas, Ross
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1582882592
- ISBN 13
- 9781582882598
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Dust jacket slightly faded with minimal creasing at top edge of jacket. Top edge of book has slight discoloration/staining. Inside copy clean. Very good condition. Used/Mystery/Crime/Thriller
"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.
"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.
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- Bookseller
- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ross2006
- Title
- Chinaman's Chance
- Author
- Thomas, Ross
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1582882592
- ISBN 13
- 9781582882598
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 2006
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