Summary

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice

A Booklist Editors’ Choice of Best Audiobooks of the Year

A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller, bursting with personality and pathos

Victor Li is devastated by his father’s murder, and shocked by a confessional letter he finds among his father’s things. In it, his father admits that he was never just a restaurateur—in fact he was part of a vast international crime syndicate that formed during China’s leanest communist years.

Victor travels to Beijing, where he navigates his father’s secret criminal life, confronting decades-old grudges, violent spats, and a shocking new enterprise that the organization wants to undertake. Standing up against it is likely what got his father killed, but Victor remains undeterred. He enlists his growing network of allies and friends to finish what his father started, no matter the costs.

Editorial Reviews

“This high-octane revenge caper, set largely in the Chinese crime underworld, follows a sheltered American college student pursuing his father’s killers. A propulsive entertainment that also raises interesting ideas about identity and privilege.” —New York Times Book Review

“Nieh’s Victor is witty, passionate, competitive, honorable, and courageous enough to face some of the deadliest players in the Beijing underworld as he confronts his father’s past in this superb, sophisticated thriller.” —BBC

“Nieh, himself the son of a Chinese immigrant, has great fun twisting the trope of the immigrant-parent-with-a-devastating-past in this page turner.” —The Oregonian

“Remarkable…This impressive blend of crime and coming-of-age marks Nieh as a talent to watch.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Polyglot Chung displays his accents in Nieh’s internationally peripatetic mystery. With admirable control, he creates a bone-shaking wild ride.” —Booklist (starred audio review)

“Happily, Nieh leaves the door open for a sequel to this staccato-paced, character-driven thriller, and readers will welcome the opportunity to follow good-guy Victor’s path of retribution and self-discovery.” —Booklist

“Grabs readers early and doesn’t readily let go.” —Library Journal

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Author Bio: Daniel Nieh

Daniel Nieh is a writer, translator, and author of Beijing Payback and Take No Names. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times.

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Format:	Retail CD	Format:	MP3 CD
Available Formats :	Retail CD, MP3 CD
Category:	Fiction/Thrillers
Publisher:	HarperCollins	Publisher:	HarperCollins
CDs:	7	CDs:	1
Runtime:	8.64
ISBN:	9781982659219	ISBN:	9781982659226
Audience:	Adult
Language:	English

Beijing Payback: A Novel

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