02208cam a2200301 i 4500 771876050 TxAuBib 20220810120000.0 210730s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021037009 9780393868074 HRD 28.00 0393868079 HRD 28.00 DLC eng rda DLC DLC NjBwBT IMmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Chang, Lan Samantha, author. The family Chao [Book] : a novel / Lan Samantha Chang. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] 301 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "An acclaimed storyteller returns with "a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery" that explores "family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream" (Jean Kwok). The residents of Haven, Wisconsin have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, happy to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. But when brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo Chao is found dead-presumed murdered-his sons find they've drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town. The ensuing trial brings to light potential motives for all three brothers: Dagou, the restaurant's reckless head chef; Ming, financially successful but personally tortured; and the youngest, gentle but lost college student James. Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town. "At once a brilliant reimagining ofDostoevsky and a wholly original and gripping story about the passions, rivalries, and searing pressures that roil a singular immigrant family."-Jess Walter, author of The Cold Millions"-- Provided by publisher. 20220827. Chinese American families Fiction. Brothers Fiction. Murder Fiction. Mystery fiction.