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Beijing Payback: A Novel Audiobook
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A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller, bursting with personality and pathos
Victor Li is devastated by his father’s murder, and shocked by a confessional letter he finds among his father’s things. In it, his father admits that he was never just a restaurateur—in fact he was part of a vast international crime syndicate that formed during China’s leanest communist years.
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“This high-octane revenge caper, set largely in the Chinese crime underworld, follows a sheltered American college student pursuing his father’s killers. A propulsive entertainment that also raises interesting ideas about identity and privilege.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“Nieh’s Victor is witty, passionate, competitive, honorable, and courageous enough to face some of the deadliest players in the Beijing underworld as he confronts his father’s past in this superb, sophisticated thriller.”
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“Nieh, himself the son of a Chinese immigrant, has great fun twisting the trope of the immigrant-parent-with-a-devastating-past in this page turner.”
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“Remarkable…This impressive blend of crime and coming-of-age marks Nieh as a talent to watch.”
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“Polyglot Chung displays his accents in Nieh’s internationally peripatetic mystery. With admirable control, he creates a bone-shaking wild ride.”
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“Happily, Nieh leaves the door open for a sequel to this staccato-paced, character-driven thriller, and readers will welcome the opportunity to follow good-guy Victor’s path of retribution and self-discovery.”
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“Grabs readers early and doesn’t readily let go.”
— Library Journal
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
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A Booklist Editors’ Choice of Best Audiobooks of the Year
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About Daniel Nieh
Daniel Nieh is a writer, translator, and author of Beijing Payback and Take No Names. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times.