Beijing Payback: A Novel Audiobook, by Daniel Nieh Play Audiobook Sample

Beijing Payback: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Ewan Chung Publisher: HarperAudio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2019 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780062917911

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

38

Longest Chapter Length:

27:28 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

40 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

13:38 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

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.

Victor travels to Beijing, where he navigates his father’s secret criminal life, confronting decades-old grudges, violent spats, and a shocking new enterprise that the organization wants to undertake. Standing up against it is likely what got his father killed, but Victor remains undeterred. He enlists his growing network of allies and friends to finish what his father started, no matter the costs.

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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 

Quotes

  • “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.”

    — BBC
  • “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.”

    — The Oregonian
  • “Remarkable…This impressive blend of crime and coming-of-age marks Nieh as a talent to watch.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “Polyglot Chung displays his accents in Nieh’s internationally peripatetic mystery. With admirable control, he creates a bone-shaking wild ride.”

    — Booklist (starred audio review)
  • “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.”

    — Booklist
  • “Grabs readers early and doesn’t readily let go.”

    — Library Journal

Awards

  • A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
  • 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.

About Ewan Chung

James Fouhey is an actor and narrator living in New York City. He received classical training at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has recorded more than forty audiobooks across a variety of genres, including science fiction, romance, young adult fiction, and children’s fiction.