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Name: Portrait of a Thief
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Grace D. Li

Senior art‑history major Will Chen of Harvard is offered an illegal job that pulls him into a high‑stakes heist to recover five Chinese sculptures looted from Beijing centuries ago. His crew—an ambitious Duke public‑policy student, a premed lockpicker, an engineering getaway driver, and a former MIT hacker—each grapples with their own Chinese‑American identity. The novel blends a thrilling caper with a critical look at colonialism, art theft, and diaspora, offering a lush, lyrical exploration of cultural reclamation and identity.

First publish date: 2022

Genre: Crime Fiction/Heist Fiction

Authors: Grace D. Li

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