One Red Bastard Novelist Ed Lin Readings in New York on May 7, 10 and 12

Novelist Ed Lin’s 4th book, One Red Bastard (Minotaur Books), his 3rd of his Robert Chow series, is hot off the presses this month. Publishers Weeklyawarded the book a prepublication star, denoting a book of exceptional merit.

“Tensions in America’s relationship with China and Taiwan form the backdrop for Lin’s compelling third mystery featuring Chinese-American Robert Chow of the NYPD (after 2010’s Snakes Can’t Run). By the fall of 1976, Chow has moved on from being the department’s token to real policing, but his personal and professional lives collide when his journalist girlfriend, Lonnie, becomes the prime suspect in a case with potential international repercussions. Chen Xiaochuan, the official representative for Mao Tse-tung’s daughter, who’s seeking asylum in the States, is bludgeoned to death in a Chinatown park, and Lonnie is the last person known to have seen him after interviewing him for her newspaper. Possible motives can be found all over the political spectrum, complicating the investigation.”

Check out the book trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VnwcLiSXO4

Ed Lin

Meet Lin on Monday, May 7 at 6:30pm at The Mysterious Bookshop at 58 Warren Street in New York.http://bit.ly/IFi9GW
On Thursday, May 10, at 6:30pm, Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang introduces Lin at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), 215 Centre Street in Chinatown. Louis Changchien will be reading from the book, and the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory is serving up an “Ed Lin” flavor that night. Taste the EdLinsanity!http://bit.ly/HKSmhj
On Saturday, May 12 at 6:30pm: Lin will be joined by his wife, actress Cindy Cheung (SPEAK UP CONNIE), at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop at 110-112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor in New York.http://bit.ly/HZXAJG

Ed Lin is the author of several books including Waylaid and This Is a Bust, both published by Kaya Press in 2002 and 2007, were widely praised. Both also won the Members’ Choice Awards in the Asian American Literary Awards. His third book, Snakes Can’t Run, was published by Minotaur Books in April 2010; it was loved by many and also won an Asian American Literary Award. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.

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