"Mary Le Vu, wife of a poor grocery-store owner, is gunned down in a drive-by. Her twin sister insists dutiful Mary 'wouldn't be caught dead' in that drug-infested zone. The police rule it an unlucky accident. Skeptics hire private eye Rick Van Lam to get to the truth. Amerasian Rick-- his father an unknown US soldier--is Rick Van Lam to get to the truth. Amerasian Rick-his father an unknown US soldier- one of the Bui Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by Vietnamese culture cults young sidekick, Hank Nguyen, a ...
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"Mary Le Vu, wife of a poor grocery-store owner, is gunned down in a drive-by. Her twin sister insists dutiful Mary 'wouldn't be caught dead' in that drug-infested zone. The police rule it an unlucky accident. Skeptics hire private eye Rick Van Lam to get to the truth. Amerasian Rick-- his father an unknown US soldier--is Rick Van Lam to get to the truth. Amerasian Rick-his father an unknown US soldier- one of the Bui Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by Vietnamese culture cults young sidekick, Hank Nguyen, a pureblood Vietnamese, can help Rick navigate the closed world of Little Saigon."--Back cove.
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