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Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang
by
T.J. English
Throughout the late eighties and nineties, a gang of young Asian refugees cut a bloody swath through New York's Chinatown. They were the lost children of the Vietnam War, severed from their families by violence and cast adrift in a strange land. Banding together under the leadership of a megalomaniacal young psychopath, David Thai, they took their name from a slogan they
...morePaperback, 310 pages
Published
June 1st 2009
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published 1995)
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If you like intelligent true crime books about organized crime in particular and you haven't read T.J. English yet, you're missing out. His books are meaty and well-written, but as entertaining as any thriller out there. I've read all of them and enjoyed them all, but for different reasons.
Born to Kill is English's first book. It examines the rise and fall and rise of the Vietnamese gang, Born to Kill. This gang was born in Chinatown among young Vietnamese immigrants during the...more
Born to Kill is English's first book. It examines the rise and fall and rise of the Vietnamese gang, Born to Kill. This gang was born in Chinatown among young Vietnamese immigrants during the...more
loved it!! My momz was a 'MOmma-SOn'(took in and care of REffuGEEZ)..SO GROWING UP I MEt and seen a-lot of faces....theY mAdE Thier oWN GAnG..37TH-BOYZ(WE LIVED ON THA Corner hOUSE Of 37th and anza in S.F!!
The only book on the market that follows a Vietnamese gang in America. From this story, one can easily see the disorganization that prevails in these groups.
great book!
A lot sadder than i thought it would be--most of the members of Born To Kill are Vietnamese refugees from the Vietnam war. Definitely added a deeper layer to what could have been just a straight up trashy read (which would have been great, too.)
I think that of all the sensational, trashy crime books that i've read, T. J. English is the best writer. he's not great, but it's readable and i never got caught on how bad the sentences were. well organized and coherent all the way through.
I think that of all the sensational, trashy crime books that i've read, T. J. English is the best writer. he's not great, but it's readable and i never got caught on how bad the sentences were. well organized and coherent all the way through.
I didn't realize this was T.J. English's first book, I thought it was his latest. Not that it matters because my opinion was already cemented when I read Paddywacked and The Westies. I think English is the class in this genre.
A good background on vietnamese gangs.
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