The Foreigner
by Francie Lin
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In Francie Lin's delightfully quirky crime novel debut, Emerson Chang, a nebbish middle-aged San Francisco financial analyst travels to Taiwan to scatter his mother's ashes, and finds himself embroiled in the criminal doings of his unscrupulous cousins. THE FOREIGNER won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author.
Editions of The Foreigner
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Picador USA |
Date 2008 |
Price $4.72 |
 New |
Publisher Notes
Following the death of his mother, Emerson Chang, a mild-mannered, bachelor and financial analyst, journeys to Taipei to scatter her ashes and to bring an inheritance to his younger brother, Little P., a member of the Taiwanese criminal underworld whose crimes have estranged him from his family. A first novel. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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