Yellowfish

Informationen zum Autor John Keeble. Foreword by William Kittredge. Afterword by John Keeble Klappentext Wesley Erks, itinerant machinist and "high class jack-of-all-trades," takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ("yellowfish") from Vancouver, B.C., to San Francisco in the 1970s. Three are teenaged "Hong Kong boys," one of whom has been grievously injured. The fourth, a fugitive and the son of a rich Chinese casino owner, means to settle a grudge with a Chinese American secret society, the Triad, but is himself being pursued. The tale of the perilous journey of these five men, along with a woman who becomes implicated in a double-cross, is filled with vivid fictional and historical characters. The whole of it conjures the story of the West itself. Visit the author's website: http://www.keeblefiction.com/ Zusammenfassung Wesley Erks! itinerant machinist and adventurer! takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ('yellowfish') from Vancouver! BC! to San Francisco in the 1970s. This title tells the story of the perilous and suspenseful journey of these five men! filled with colourful fictional and historical characters. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / William Kittredge Yellowfish Postscript / John Keeble Discussion Questions

Autorentext

John Keeble is the author of four novels, including Yellowfish and Broken Ground, a collection of short stories, Nocturnal America, and a work of nonfiction, Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound.

Klappentext

Wesley Erks, itinerant machinist and "high class jack-of-all-trades," takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ("yellowfish") from Vancouver, B.C., to San Francisco in the 1970s. Three are teenaged "Hong Kong boys," one of whom has been grievously injured. The fourth, a fugitive and the son of a rich Chinese casino owner, means to settle a grudge with a Chinese American secret society, the Triad, but is himself being pursued. The tale of the perilous journey of these five men, along with a woman who becomes implicated in a double-cross, is filled with vivid fictional and historical characters. The whole of it conjures the story of the West itself.

Visit the author's website: http://www.keeblefiction.com/

Zusammenfassung
Wesley Erks, itinerant machinist and adventurer, takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ('yellowfish') from Vancouver, BC, to San Francisco in the 1970s. This title tells the story of the perilous and suspenseful journey of these five men, filled with colourful fictional and historical characters.

Inhalt

Foreword / William Kittredge

Yellowfish

Postscript / John Keeble

Discussion Questions