6/2/2023 0 Comments Chinatown Beat by Henry Chang![]() ![]() ![]() Ten months later, Chang received the call he had been anticipating for more than a decade his book had been sold.įeeling rejuvenated, Chang recalled when he saw his book shelved at Barnes & Noble in between two famous mystery writers - Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler. “I had to go into my closet and the book was so dusty that I had to get a brush to clean it,” Chang said. After Chang finished writing the book in 1992, he showed it to about six major publishers, but they all had the same answer: there is no niche for a book this “raw.” Chang did not bother to send a copy to Chong, until she called him insisting. But he soon discovered that his stories were more about the darkness engulfing Chinatown than cultural exchanges. He had started out writing short stories, writing on anything from tablecloths to napkins. ![]()
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