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Little Saigon [Import] [Hardcover]

T.Jefferson Parker (Author)

2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews) |

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Product Details

Hardcover: 354 pages
Publisher: W.H. Allen / Virgin Books (September 21, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 049103489X
ISBN-13: 978-0491034890
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds

Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,936,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including Storm Runners and The Fallen. Alongside Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, Parker is one of only three writers to be awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel more than once. Parker lives with his family in Southern California.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A surprising hit, June 23, 1998

Jayson (Rancho Santa Margarita, ca, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Little Saigon (Mass Market Paperback)

As a reader of all T. Jefferson Parker's novels, I held back on buying and reading this one for some time, but since I enjoyed his other books I gave this a try.

Boy was I happy! For me this was definetly the sleeper hit for T. Jefferson Parker. The excitement and plot twists kept my attention. I was really bummed to finish. It was a great insight into the Vietnamese culture of Westminister, CA.

A few flashback scenes really helped explain the motivations of some of the key figures.

Exceptional

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Put it down, April 2, 2010

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This review is from: Little Saigon (Mass Market Paperback)

I glady put it down. Just awful and could not get past Chapter 7. Really forced myself to get that far. I read his Rayborn and Hunter series and thought they were good, this however is insipid. Seems like it was written by a guy with a dictionary on a long flight or two.

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1.0 out of 5 stars yes, underwhelming indeed., March 2, 2009

maryzeus "maryzzz" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

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I am having a difficult time getting interested in this, I must agree with the other bad reviews on this book. Will drop it and go on to the next on my pile. Too bad other authors are so willing to endorse and promote bad books like this one. It is really boring. I've read Parker in the past and he was so much better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Parker's Best
I just finished reading Border Lords. T. Jefferson Parker just gets better as a novelist as the years roll by. However, I read Little Saigon nearly two decades back. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Vin Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars still quite readable, but the scenario and storyline are kind of messy
for a westerner who could write about vietnam and vietnamese, parker actually did a very good job. the only problem of this book is the scenario and storyline are both trivial and... Read more

Published 15 months ago by JustAReader

5.0 out of 5 stars Another very fine book by this author
Once again T. Jefferson Parker has introduced the reader to a segment of society that one would normally not be exposed to. Read more

Published on August 10, 2009 by Judah Lerer

2.0 out of 5 stars Little Saigon
I am a huge T. Jefferson Parker fan. For some reason, I could not get into this book - but I definitely will not give up on Mr Parker!

Published on June 28, 2009 by Peggy L. Mcintyre

3.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam War without end
Vietnam War without end
Mix in an out of work surfer, a legless Vietnam vet, the largest Vietnamese community in America, lots of money, timeless love, the CIA, and old war... Read more

Published on April 19, 2009 by Robert C. Olson

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible
This was the third Jefferson Parker book that I have read (having read his first and third books) and was looking forward to more classy detective fiction featuring characters... Read more

Published on January 27, 2008 by Peter

3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Mundane Mystery
Bennett Frye is a man who left his legs in Vietnam, but hasn't let this stop him. His wife Li is an icon of the Vietnamese refugee community in Orange County California. Read more

Published on August 3, 2006 by Grey Wolffe

1.0 out of 5 stars Look for something else...
OK, the guy can write clear English sentences, but:
The characters are insipid and unsympathetic. The plot is underwhelming, trite, often predictable. Read more

Published on May 6, 2005 by William J. Feuer

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Garbage
Really really bad, jingoist, myopic, unthrilling thriller. I usually like T. Jefferson, but I hated this one. Blech!

Published on July 8, 2000 by Chris Yanda

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CHUCK FRYE, FORMER SECOND-BEST SURFER of Laguna Beach, gazed through his windshield and saw no six-foot waves. Read the first page

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Little Saigon, Eddie Vo, Lucia Parsons, Dark Men, Dream Reader, Viet Cong, Colonel Thach, Saigon Plaza, Asian Wind, Coast Highway, Elite Management, General Dien, Huong Lam, Burke Parsons, Tuy Xuan, Frye Island, Rollie Dean Mack, Chuck Frye, Donnell Crawley, Secret Army, Frye Ranch, Laguna Paradiso, Bennett Frye, Ground Zero, Orange County

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