{"product_id":"tiger-s-tail-book-gus-lee-9780804113267","title":"Tiger's Tail","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHonor and Duty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChina Boy\u003c\/i\u003e comes an ingenious thriller set in Korea in 1973--a gripping story of sorrow, corruption and redemption, with plenty of brawls to boot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA career officer who trained at West Point. The number-one son of a hardworking Chinese family. A soldier still tormented by his tour of duty in Vietnam. Jackson Kan is a man caught in the middle of clashing worlds. Now Kan is bound for Asia once again, this time to the volatile demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His objective is to track down a missing American investigator, also his closest friend. But in fact, Kan has no idea of the enormity--and the danger--of the mission that awaits him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt turns out that the frigid, barren Korean DMZ is at the mercy of Colonel Frederick LeBlanc, known as the Wizard, a Bible-pounding zealot engaged in his own private, paranoid war on communism. Kan quickly uncovers the depravity and corruption of the Wizard's little empire. But only gradually does he piece together the explosive truth about LeBlanc's secret arsenal--a truth that burns like a fuse between Kan's missing friend and the fragile truce of the two Koreas. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTiger's Tail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gus] Lee's narrative is irresistible.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner \u0026amp; Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling literary thriller.\u003cb\u003e--Amy Tan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the manner of Malraux, Greene, and Le Carr  . . . A wise and wrenching novel, beautifully told.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50128091087121,"sku":"CIN0804113262A","price":6.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0804113262.jpg?v=1751043585","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/tiger-s-tail-book-gus-lee-9780804113267","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}