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The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon: A Novel of Contemporary China
By Liu Zhenyun
- ISBN
- 9781628725209 9781628725520
- Publisher
- Arcade: Skyhorse
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Reviewed on September 15, 2015 | Fiction
Winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011, Liu follows up 2014's I Did Not Kill My Husband with a work originally published in China in 2007. Liu Yuejin, a construction-site cook and small-time thief, ironically has his fanny pack stolen and seeks to recover it. In the process, he encounters a host of unsavory characters and gets caught up in more trouble (including ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
