{"product_id":"9781529386417","title":"Portrait of a Thief","description":"Author: Grace D. Li\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529386417\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A \u003cb\u003eremarkably assured\u003c\/b\u003e debut\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is as much a novel as \u003cb\u003ea reckoning\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters are \u003cb\u003ealluring\u003c\/b\u003e and ... \u003cb\u003eengaging\u003c\/b\u003e. So too are the emotional struggles the crew endure as \u003cb\u003ethey try to balance duty to family with their love for China\u003c\/b\u003e and the need to understand their own personalities.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the heist novel we deserve. \u003cb\u003eBrilliantly twisty\u003c\/b\u003e and yet so \u003cb\u003econtemplative\u003c\/b\u003e [...] this book \u003cb\u003ewill continue to haunt you\u003c\/b\u003e long after you've reached the end.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of \u003ci\u003eDial A for Aunties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Portrait of a Thief was everything I imagined and more. The writing felt \u003cb\u003eclose and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e and the characters felt like portraits themselves, \u003cb\u003ebursting with life\u003c\/b\u003e and delicately human.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Morgan Rogers, author of \u003ci\u003eHoney Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Grace D. Li is a virtuosic storyteller [...] the most exciting debut I've read this year [...] \u003cb\u003ean intelligent page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e that will keep you hooked until the very end.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Lauren Wilkinson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this \u003cb\u003eslick, dazzling, debut\u003c\/b\u003e, the stakes are high and the writing elegant. Here's a story that offers not just adventure or a reprieve from the everyday, but \u003cb\u003ebig dreams, big hearts, enduring friendships\u003c\/b\u003e, and the multitudes of identities that can exist within each one of us.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eChemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A \u003cb\u003ebeautiful examination of identity\u003c\/b\u003e as children of the diaspora [...] This fast-paced heist leaves you clutching the pages and rooting for the thieves.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Roselle Lim, author of \u003ci\u003eNatalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A \u003cb\u003elyrical and action-packed tale\u003c\/b\u003e of yearning, connection, self-discovery, and righting wrongs, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Thief\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea unique vision of what it means to come home\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Delilah S. Dawson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Violence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e___________________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West - its art, its culture, all that it has taken and called its own. 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