In public, the Mountain and No Peak clans have announced a truce, ending the street war that has raged throughout Janloon and cost Kekon dearly. And in her newest, Jade War, she shakes up the pieces that remain and sets half the world on fire.īecause Jade War is a bigger novel than the first - broader and wider, a story of smugglers, politics and C-suite assassinations as much as it is of street corner brawls. In Jade City she built it up and tore it down again. Lee has created an entire modern world here, complete and round with its own history, customs, traditions, language. The Pillars of the clans are at each other's throats, deploying their Green Bone fists and fingers to grapple in the streets while Weather Men advise them, and their loyal Lanterns control every market from international shipping to local beauty parlors. In Kekon's capital Janloon (kinda like Hong Kong), two powerful families, the Mountain and No Peak clans, battle for control. She listens to everyone around her, nods her head and says, "Don't worry. She has advised huge companies on corporate strategy and fought as a black belt martial artist. She knows what it feels like to take a punch and get back up again. And sitting at the head of the table is Fonda Lee - poised, smiling, with a cup of tea and a mean gleam in her eye. Quentin Tarantino is in the corner demanding more dramatic speeches, disco music and blood. Gillian Flynn is trying to explain the narrative beats of motherhood and wifehood and the murderous, furious, vengeful potential of women wronged. One of them, sure, is Puzo - sitting there, drinking his espresso, and talking about the importance of family, loyalty and the terrible things that men do.
Imagine a moment in an impossible coffee shop, where some people have gathered to talk about a story they've been working on together. Imagine an alternate world with me for a moment - one where Mario Puzo's The Godfather didn't define crime drama for half a century, where mob stories and their relentless imitators didn't hog all the oxygen in the market. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Jade War Author Fonda Lee
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