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Yellowfish
John Keeble
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Description for Yellowfish
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
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.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295988450
SKU
V9780295988450
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About John Keeble
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.
Reviews for Yellowfish
"Suspenseful and full of danger."
Multicultural Review
"A small classic of a Northwest novel . . . is revived in a striking new edition."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Yellowfish is solidly built and runs smoothly, but there's a depth to it that lifts it above the road trip / thriller trappings Keeble employs . . . [and is] prescient in its understanding of the importance of the Pacific Rim and timeless in its exploration of the borders between countries and people."
The Oregonian
"The author restores the tired abstractions of great Western space and silence with fresh feelings of motion and flight. Both animals and men are hunted in this hard though never heartless book. The prey die with fierce dignity and the predators do not gloat."
Time
"One golden book. A Western worthy of the name . . . yet mystical, timeless, universal."
Chicago Sun Times
"John Keeble has written a thrilling book. . . . He has a fine ear for dialogue; all of his people live and breathe on the page; the men are wonderfully drawn, and the women–the women are superb. . . . I want you to read this book, cherish it, lend it to your friends."
Carolyn Kizer
Northwest Review
"Along comes John Keeble, loaded with panache and talent. . . . Keeble has done nothing less than fashion a new way of looking at a region of the earth, a country and its people."
Toronto Globe and Mail
Multicultural Review
"A small classic of a Northwest novel . . . is revived in a striking new edition."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Yellowfish is solidly built and runs smoothly, but there's a depth to it that lifts it above the road trip / thriller trappings Keeble employs . . . [and is] prescient in its understanding of the importance of the Pacific Rim and timeless in its exploration of the borders between countries and people."
The Oregonian
"The author restores the tired abstractions of great Western space and silence with fresh feelings of motion and flight. Both animals and men are hunted in this hard though never heartless book. The prey die with fierce dignity and the predators do not gloat."
Time
"One golden book. A Western worthy of the name . . . yet mystical, timeless, universal."
Chicago Sun Times
"John Keeble has written a thrilling book. . . . He has a fine ear for dialogue; all of his people live and breathe on the page; the men are wonderfully drawn, and the women–the women are superb. . . . I want you to read this book, cherish it, lend it to your friends."
Carolyn Kizer
Northwest Review
"Along comes John Keeble, loaded with panache and talent. . . . Keeble has done nothing less than fashion a new way of looking at a region of the earth, a country and its people."
Toronto Globe and Mail