{"product_id":"9781529386394-portrait-of-a-thief-the-instant-sunday-times-new-york-times","title":"Portrait of a Thief: The Instant Sunday Times \u0026 New York Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A  remarkably assured  debut\"  Sunday Times \"This is as much a novel as  a reckoning .\"  New York Times The characters are  alluring  and ...  engaging . So too are the emotional struggles the crew endure as  they try to balance duty to family with their love for China  and the need to understand their own personalities.\"  Literary Review \"This is the heist novel we deserve.  Brilliantly twisty  and yet so  contemplative  [...] this book  will continue to haunt you  long after you've reached the end.\" -Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of  Dial A for Aunties \"Portrait of a Thief was everything I imagined and more. The writing felt  close and intimate  and the characters felt like portraits themselves,  bursting with life  and delicately human.\"  -Morgan Rogers, author of  Honey Girl \"Grace D. Li is a virtuosic storyteller [...] the most exciting debut I've read this year [...]  an intelligent page-turner  that will keep you hooked until the very end.\"   -Lauren Wilkinson,  New York Times  bestselling author of  American Spy    \"In this  slick, dazzling, debut , the stakes are high and the writing elegant. Here's a story that offers not just adventure or a reprieve from the everyday, but  big dreams, big hearts, enduring friendships , and the multitudes of identities that can exist within each one of us.\"   -Weike Wang, author of  Chemistry     \"A  beautiful examination of identity  as children of the diaspora [...] This fast-paced heist leaves you clutching the pages and rooting for the thieves.\"   -Roselle Lim, author of  Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune    \"A  lyrical and action-packed tale  of yearning, connection, self-discovery, and righting wrongs,  Portrait of a Thief  is  a unique vision of what it means to come home .\"   -Delilah S. Dawson,  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Violence ___________________________________________________________________________________ This was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise.    Will Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West - its art, its culture, all that it has taken and called its own. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless s\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48961283653851,"sku":"9781529386394","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8542b4a9-ef5d-4bc0-ba07-b4aa2f99c6a4_aa7ff26e-b019-4db5-b198-cf1a07ad10f3.jpg?v=1783604067","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781529386394-portrait-of-a-thief-the-instant-sunday-times-new-york-times","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}