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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

Patrick Radden Keefe

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Jan 12, 2023 Kay rated it really liked it

Shelves: china, modern-fiction, e-book, true-crime

This is the third book I've read by Patrick Raddon Keefe, so I was expecting a solid, well-researched and absorbing tale, and that's precisely what I got. At the core of the books I've read is crime -- motivated by politics (Say Nothing), greed (Empire of Pain), and opportunism/greed (The Snakehead). All three books were fascinating, and it's especially impressive how Keefes follow the legal angles, and, in this case, the politics of immigration.

Having said that, it's best to read these books a ...more

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May 05, 2025 Johanne rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, audiobooks, 2025-books

Patrick Radden Keefe definitely knows how to tell a tale in a non-fiction format. I listened to this one on and off over several months, mostly in the car. It’s not quite as powerful as Say Nothing or Empire of Pain, but it tells an interesting story about past issues with American immigration, which gives incite on where things stand today.

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