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The Snakehead

A powerful investigative account of organised crime in New York's Chinatown, from the bestselling author of London Falling

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The Snakehead

Yazan: Patrick Radden Keefe
Seslendiren: Feodor Chin
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‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true’ – Time

In this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.

In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.

‘A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York’s Chinatown’ – The Times

Merging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.

'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day

'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post

'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' – The Irish Times

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Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it's all true.
Essential reading. . . . A rich, beautifully told story, so suspenseful and with so many unexpected twists that in places it reads like a John le Carré novel.
A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York’s Chinatown
A masterwork . . . In this single tale about a global criminal, Keefe finds a story of quintessentially American hope.
Painstakingly reported and vividly told. . . . As immigration reform languishes in Washington . . . everyone involved – from policymakers to activists to the undocumented – would be wise to read The Snakehead.
Published in the UK for the first time, Patrick Radden Keefe’s tireless investigation of human trafficking from China to the US reveals the desperation of the migrants and the woman at the heart of it
A formidably well-researched book that is as much a paean to its author's industriousness as it is a chronicle of crime. (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)
Bracing, vivid . . . Keefe writes gracefully, perceptively, insightfully . . . Without sacrificing one iota of narrative momentum, he untangles a dauntingly complicated human-trafficking operation so a reader can effortlessly follow along.
Thoroughly researched and creatively drawn (some scenes are highly dramatic and vivid) by the New Yorker writer, [The Snakehead] is ultimately about the risks these refugees took to play their part in the enduring, grand narrative theme of the American Dream.
Brilliant . . . Keefe’s mastery of this chapter of our ongoing immigration saga is impressive. He muses thoughtfully about its many conundrums and highlights how our ethos of welcoming the persecuted gets soured by bad policy and the pervasive exploitation of the helpless.
Engrossing. . . . Keefe’s narrative delves deeply into Chinatown and the labyrinthine smuggling routes between China and America, but it’s also a glimpse into our conflicted feelings about illegals and the morass of America’s immigration policy.
A timely, powerful and thoroughly researched book.
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I had recently read London falling and loved it and thought this would be similar. Although I enjoy the detail the authors goes into, I did feel this was so extensive and at parts I struggled to make ends meet on the story. Perhaps this it due to audio - I’m unsure. If you love detail, history and journalism then you may enjoy but I was a little dissapointed

Detailed Journalism and Interesting

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Cleverly structured and revelatory, strongly researched with lots of interesting insights. Also suited the audio format perfectly.

Gripping non-fiction

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Well-written and researched story about organized crime, immigration, and what it ultimately takes to become an American. I highly recommend it.

A masterpiece

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very hard to follow and track all the small players. much harder to listen than to read.

factual but hard to read

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This story covers the road topic of immigration to the USA from a particular region in China. The story is well crafted and hangs together with the interwoven story of Sister Ping, a quiet but notorious smuggler

Fascinating story about smugglers and refugees

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