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'Lin 'The Silent One' Vu is a gangster and sometime private investigator living in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.
'Through grit and courage Lin has carved a place for herself in the Vietnamese underworld where Hanoi's crime boss, Bao Nguyen, is training her to fight and lead. Bao drives her hard; on the streets there are no second chances. Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory — a dangerously addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war.
'When an Englishman comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend's murderer, Lin's life is turned upside down. She is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods - of regimes and mega-corporations — as they unleash dangerous new technologies.
'Lin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] 36 Streets
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 150 2022;
— Review of 36 Streets 2022 single work novel
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[Review] 36 Streets
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 150 2022;
— Review of 36 Streets 2022 single work novel
Awards
- 2023 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2022 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Novel
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Hanoi,
cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,