{"id":2298,"date":"2022-01-13T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2023-03-11T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T16:42:10","slug":"death-doesnt-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=2298","title":{"rendered":"Death Doesn\u2019t Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re back on the streets of Taipei with Jing-nan, the owner of Unknown Pleasures, a night market food stall. Taipei native Jing-nan spent a couple of years at UCLA only to be called home when his parents died, leaving him to run the take-out\u2014a bittersweet turn of events. Here he\u2019s initially accused of two murders: of a small-time criminal who dates his girlfriend\u2019s mother, and of a police captain. With little effort, Jing-nan manages to worm his way out of the accusations, only\u2014along with girlfriend Nancy, her mom, and his food-stall employees\u2014to get sucked into the search for the real criminals. While the mystery, such as it is, chugs along on the back burner, we\u2019re treated to Lin\u2019s always wonderful array of characters, bits of Taiwanese history, and explanations of the current political scene\u2014all without feeling like we\u2019re in school.<\/strong> Lin is definitely a satirist, but this novel is deeply poignant at the same time. While this book can be read on its own, Lin\u2019s books benefit from reading them in series, as so much of the writing is focused on character development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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