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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229180868 Title: The foreigner Author: Francie Lin Publisher: New York : Picador, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780312364045 0312364040 OCLC:229180868

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The foreigner

Author:	Francie Lin
Publisher:	New York : Picador, 2008.
Edition/Format:	Book : Fiction : English : 1st ed
Summary:	Emerson, a man of Taiwanese descent living in the U.S., who speaks no Chinese, travels to Taiwan to scatter his mother's ashes. He must convey a disputed inheritance to his brother who is involved in the Taiwanese criminal underworld and who conceals a secret which has alienated him from his family. Emerson hopes to appease both the living and the dead by discovering his brother's secret and save what is left of his Read more... Emerson, a man of Taiwanese descent living in the U.S., who speaks no Chinese, travels to Taiwan to scatter his mother's ashes. He must convey a disputed inheritance to his brother who is involved in the Taiwanese criminal underworld and who conceals a secret which has alienated him from his family. Emerson hopes to appease both the living and the dead by discovering his brother's secret and save what is left of his family. This is a darkly comic tale of crime and contrition about what is means to be a foreigner, even in one's own family.
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Genre/Form:	Suspense fiction., Tragicomedy.
Material Type:	Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Francie Lin Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780312364045 0312364040
OCLC Number:	229180868
Notes:	"A Picador paperback original"--Cover.
Description:	311 p. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility:	Francie Lin.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text

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Emerson, a man of Taiwanese descent living in the U.S., who speaks no Chinese, travels to Taiwan to scatter his mother's ashes. He must convey a disputed inheritance to his brother who is involved in the Taiwanese criminal underworld and who conceals a secret which has alienated him from his family. Emerson hopes to appease both the living and the dead by discovering his brother's secret and save what is left of his family. This is a darkly comic tale of crime and contrition about what is means to be a foreigner, even in one's own family.

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