{"product_id":"the-snakehead-patrick-radden-keefe","title":"The Snakehead (Patrick Radden Keefe)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reads like a mashup of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it's all true.' - \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Snakehead\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, \u003ci\u003eThe Snakehead\u003c\/i\u003e is both a true crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York's Chinatown' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePatrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction) and \u003ci\u003eSay Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Orwell prize and now streaming on Disney+), as well as two previous critically-acclaimed books, \u003ci\u003eThe Snakehead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChatter\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the writer and host of the eight-part podcast \u003ci\u003eWind of Change\u003c\/i\u003e on the origins of the Scorpions' power ballad, which \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e named the #1 podcast of 2020. He is the recipient of the 2014 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 2015 and 2016, and also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He grew up in Boston and now lives in New York.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65798552486237,"sku":"K096193119","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9619311900001A.jpg?v=1788430105","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-snakehead-patrick-radden-keefe","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}