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Dragonfish (novel)

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Dragonfish
AuthorVu Tran
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, thriller
Published2015
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Pages298 pp[1]

Dragonfish is the 2015 debut novel by writer Vu Tran.[1][2] Dragonfish was #3 on the list of most checked out e-books in the year 2017 at the San Francisco Public Library.[3]

Plot

Suzy, a mysterious Vietnamese woman, leaves her police officer husband, Robert, and her home in Oakland, California. She reappears in Las Vegas with a new husband, Sonny, a violent Vietnamese gambler and smuggler. When Suzy vanishes again, Sonny blackmails Robert into finding her and the search leads them through the glitz and sleaze of Las Vegas's underbelly.

References

  1. ^ a b c Abania, Chris (August 10, 2015). "Vu Tran's 'Dragonfish'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Baude, Dawn-Michelle (October 24, 2015). "Look beyond The Strip: Las Vegas has reinvented itself as a literary destination". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Robertson, Michelle (January 2, 2018). "The most popular book at the SF Public Library in 2017 will surprise you". SFGate.