Ed Lin (Author of Ghost Month)

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Ed Lin

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January 01, 1969

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Ed Lin is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of several books: Waylaid, his literary debut, and his Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown: This Is a Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung. ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 3,455 ratings · 700 reviews · 17 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Ghost Month (Taipei Night Market #1) 3.27 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets Into an Ivy League College 3.90 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waylaid 3.64 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is a Bust (Detective Robert Chow #1) 3.70 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incensed (Taipei Night Market #2) 3.43 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	99 Ways to Die (Taipei Night Market #3) 3.44 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Doesn't Forget (Taipei Night Market #4) 3.45 avg rating — 174 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snakes Can't Run (Detective Robert Chow #2) 3.66 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Red Bastard (Detective Robert Chow #3) 3.77 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motherfuckerland 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Taipei Night Market (4 books)
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“I didn鈥檛 believe in such things. I believed in facts, science and, every once in a while, human beings.”
― Ed Lin, Ghost Month

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“It was the hottest day in July, and the island鈥檚 humidity was draped over me like a mourning veil, yet my body went cold and sweaty. Even my skin was crying.”
― Ed Lin, Ghost Month

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“EVERY PAPER RECEIPT IN Taiwan is a lottery ticket for cash prizes from the government. It鈥檚 the Ministry of Finance鈥檚 way of ensuring that people ask for receipts for their purchases. When the QR codes are scanned for lottery winnings, they create electronic trails of taxable income that can be checked against businesses that try to cheat.”
― Ed Lin, Death Doesn't Forget

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