The Snake Head: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

Condition: excellent. Spine creases 

 In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, bestselling author of Empire of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the rise and fall of a surprising crime boss: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother known as Sister Ping, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown managed a multimillion-dollar human-smuggling ring. Gripping and compulsively readable, The Snakehead is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a generation of undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that simultaneously sustains and exploits them.