The Snake Head: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

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

Patrick Radden Keefe

548 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative fast-paced
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A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime bossIn the 1980s, a wave of Chinese from Fujian province began arriving in America. Like other immigrant groups before them, they showed up with little money but wi...

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4.07
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Moods

informative: 95%

dark: 41%

reflective: 29%

adventurous: 25%

challenging: 23%

tense: 19%

sad: 17%

emotional: 13%

mysterious: 7%

inspiring: 5%

hopeful: 3%


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14% of readers chose slow
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