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An edition of Ghost month (2014)

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"August is Ghost Month in Taiwan -- a time to pay respects to the dead and avoid unlucky omens. Jing-nan, who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, isn't superstitious, but this August will haunt him. He learns that his high school sweetheart has been murdered -- found scantily clad near a highway where she was selling betel nuts. "Betel nut beauties" are typically women in desperate circumstances, but Julia Huang was high school valedictorian, and the last time Jing-nan spoke to her, she was far away, happily enrolled in NYU's honor program. The facts don't add up. Julia's parents don't think so, either, but the police seem to have closed the case without asking any questions. The Huangs beg Jing-nan to do some investigating, but nothing can prepare him for what he is about to learn, or how it will change his life."--Page 4 of cover.

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Soho Press, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
327

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Ghost Month
2017, Soho Press, Incorporated
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Ghost month
2014, Soho Press, Inc.
in English
Cover of: Ghost month
Ghost month
2014
in English
Cover of: Ghost Month
Ghost Month
2014, Soho Press, Incorporated
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Taipei night market novel -- 1.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.6
Library of Congress
PS3562.I4677

The Physical Object

Pagination
327 pages
Number of pages
327

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27854671M
Internet Archive
ghostmonth0000line_f5a3
ISBN 10
1616955414
ISBN 13
9781616955410
OCLC/WorldCat
891854193

Work Description

"August is Ghost Month in Taiwan--a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid unlucky situations, large purchases, and bodies of water. Jing-nan, a young man who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, doesn't consider himself superstitious, but this August is going to haunt him no matter what he does. He is shocked to the core when he learns his ex-girlfriend from high school has been murdered. She was found scantily clad and shot on the side of a highway where she was selling betel nuts to passing truck drivers. Beyond his harrowing grief for his lost love, Jing-nan is confused by the news. "Betel nut beauties" are usually women in the most desperate of circumstances; the job is almost as taboo as prostitution. But Julia Huang had been the valedictorian of their high school, and the last time Jing-nan spoke to her she was enrolled in NYU's honor program, far away in New York. The facts don't add up. Julia's parents don't think so, either, and the police seem to have closed the case without asking any questions. The Huangs beg Jing-nan to do some investigating on his own--reconnect with old classmates, see if he can learn anything about Julia's life that she might have kept from them. Reluctantly, he agrees, for Julia's sake. But nothing can prepare him for what he learns, or how it will change his life"--

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