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| Title Statement | Johnny delivers / [book club set] : Wayne Ng. |
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| Series | Essential prose ;220 |
| Author | Ng, Wayne |
| Publication | Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions,2024. |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | 283 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781771838900 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07661856 |
| Summary | "It is 1977 and Eighteen year old Johnny Wong's family is in debt to his Aunt who has links to the newly arrived Triad in Toronto. Johnny tries to make sense of his chaotic life by having conversations with his idol, Bruce Lee, who died four years ago. Johnny begins selling drugs through the restaurant until his Aunt catches up with him, culminating in a mah jong battle for Johnny's future"-- |
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| By Topic | Drug traffic--Fiction |
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| By Location | Toronto (Ont.)--Fiction |
| By Genre | Historical fiction |
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