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    Year of the Dog

    By Henry Chang

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    Det. Jack Yu returns in this crime novel of fraud, murder, and “another tantalizing glimpse of precinct and street life in Manhattan’s Chinatown” (Publishers Weekly).
     
    Reassigned to the Ninth District after being wounded in the line of duty, NYPD Det. Jack Yu settles in for a welcome change of pace, away from the memories of his childhood on his last beat. But the past has a way of sneaking up on him.
     
    When a bloody shootout erupts in Chinatown, his old precinct asks Jack for help. Back in his old stomping grounds, he finds himself immersed in all the crimes he thought he’d left behind: murders, gambling, credit card fraud, and tong wars. Navigating the bookies, fraudsters, and gangsters who make up the new face of his old world, Jack is back on the case in the second thrilling installment of a series that offers “a vivid, street-level portrait” of New York’s Chinatown (The New York Times).
     
    “An Asian-flavored The Wire . . . A richly atmospheric panorama of New York’s immigrant demimonde.” —Entertainment Weekly
     
    “Year of the Dog arrived . . . And suddenly my life became an orgy of reading pleasure.” —Slate
     
    “This is a dense, moody, and intelligent glimpse at Chinese life in New York as seen through the world-weary eyes of a young man with a foot firmly planted in two cultures.” —Booklist
     
    “Chinatown is the hero here. Better say antihero, because while the picture is vivid and often compelling, it’s anything but pretty.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Chang deftly keeps the action moving as he brings the Chinatown neighborhood alive in all its guises.” —Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 1, 2008
    ISBN9781569477908
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    • 3/5
      Year of The Dog is the 2nd Jack Yu book and my 1st. I won this from Goodreads. I'm kind of confused by the book mainly because none of the crimes seem to tie into each other like they do in detective novels and the chapters seemed to jump all around. The book starts off with a family suicide and then was quickly dropped. Then it goes into a long description of Chinese gangs and the triads and then you get a glimpse of some of the people. Not enough to really get to know them. Jack does alot of reminiscing about his father who has passed, and restaurants and food he would buy his father, maybe eat maybe not. He doesn't seem to have a car, either personal or police so he either walks to crime scenes or I guess takes a bus which I find ridiculous. There isn't much detective work and hardly any people interaction. Jack seems to be a loner and is pretty much depressing to read about. That said I had already bought the first book before I read the second and I will give it a try but Jack will have to lighten up a lot before I buy another.
    • 4/5
      In the fine tradition of Chester Himes and his Harlem novels, The Year of the Dog is an excellent hard-boiled slice of life from Henry Chang. A rollercoaster ride filled with varying characters and incidents from the underworld of New York's Chinatown and nearby neighborhoods, this well-written crime novel held my attention throughout. Each character came vividly to life for me. This book should appeal to fans of both Himes and pulp fiction.
    • 2/5
      This book was a goodreads.com first read contest win.

      Okay I am wondering if I read the first book if it would help me to understand this book. To me this book was hard to follow and understand everything. it did not seem like the characters were fully developed. I was not impressed enough with this book to be interested in reading anything else by this author.