Portrait of a Thief: By Grace D. Li | Book Review Podcast

<p>Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li</p> <p>Website: <a href="https://gobookmart.com" target="_blank">https://gobookmart.com</a></p> <p>Buy Now: <a href="https://amzn.to/3MHBS11" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3MHBS11</a></p> <p>"The thefts are engaging and surprising, and the narrative brims with international intrigue. Li, however, has delivered more than a straight thriller here, especially in the parts that depict the despair Will and his pals feel at being displaced, overlooked, underestimated and discriminated against. This is as much a novel as a reckoning."<br> <em><strong>—New York Times Book Review</strong></em><br> <br> "A heist caper...that turns on breakneck action, fast cars and a thoughtful exploration of Western colonialism and the complexities of Chinese diaspora identities."<br> <em><strong>—Los Angeles Times<br> <br> </strong></em>"Beneath its glitzy European museum settings, late-night street races, sexual tensions and a plot involving an enigmatic Chinese billionaire, Grace D. Li’s debut art-heist novel, <em>Portrait of a Thief</em>, ...wrestles with some weighty questions about cultural repatriation and the legacy of colonial crimes."<em><br> </em><em><strong>—San Francisco Chronicle</strong></em><br> <br> "This clever debut is an absolutely thrilling ride from start to finish."<br> <em><strong>—Buzzfeed News</strong></em><strong><br> <br> </strong>“A tender and tenacious art-heist story wrapped around an intimate cultural history of extraction, <em>Portrait of a Thief</em> is a novel that names the unsutured wounds left by the violence of immigration, xenophobia, and diasporic longing in the lives of its Asian American characters, a story of the comradery of resistance and a testament to righteous grievance.”<em><strong><br> —Vulture</strong></em></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support</a>