{"product_id":"9781529386417-portrait-of-a-thief","title":"Portrait of a Thief","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Instant Sunday Times \u0026amp; New York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA cinematic, entertaining and fast-paced debut novel that is part-\u003ci\u003eOcean's Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, part-\u003ci\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/i\u003e and part-\u003ci\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Thief\u003c\/i\u003e is an addictive mix of heist and unlikely friendships by way of the politics of colonization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A \u003cb\u003eremarkably assured\u003c\/b\u003e debut\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of \u003ci\u003eDial A for Aunties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Morgan Rogers, author of \u003ci\u003eHoney Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Lauren Wilkinson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eChemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Roselle Lim, author of \u003ci\u003eNatalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA \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.\"\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e___________________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it's surprisingly easy to say yes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill's crew, fellow students chosen out of his boundless optimism for their skills and loyalty, aren't exactly experienced criminals. Irene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daniel is pre-med with steady hands and dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; and Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in and out of each museum they must rob. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach student has their own complicated relationship with China and the identities they've cultivated as Chinese Americans, but one thing soon becomes certain: they won't say no. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause if they succeed? They earn an unfathomable ten million each, and a chance to make history. If they fail, they lose everything . and the West wins again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40793228968033,"sku":"9781529386417","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27648961.jpg?v=1721952430","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529386417-portrait-of-a-thief","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}