The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe
A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss in New York’s 1980’s Chinatown
THE SNAKEHEAD is a panoramic tale of international intrigue and a dramatic portrait of the underground economy in which America’s twelve million illegal immigrants live, The figure who came to dominate this Chinese underworld was a middle-aged grandmother known as Sister Ping. Her path to the American dream began with an unusual business run out of a tiny noodle store on Hester Street
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