Opening book details…
Can I read The Chinese Bandit on EtoBox?
The Chinese Bandit by Becker, Stephen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Chinese Bandit about?
** *New York Times* ****–bestselling author Stephen Becker’s “breathlessly exciting” (*Cosmopolitan*) post-WWII adventure about an ex-marine on the run for his life.***That summer they hanged a fat man at the Western gate as a warning and example to all. *Kao was a traitor, a thief, a pimp, a black marketeer—and Jake Dodds’s partner. *So what if he traded stolen military supplies with the Japanese*, Jake wants to know. *He never cheated me.* But 1947 Peking is a savage, cutthroat city, and the United States Marine Corps sergeant is too busy saving his own skin to put up a fight over Kao’s fate.Jake served his country with honor in World War II, but when he knocks an American brigadier general through a barroom window, no amount of battlefield scars or combat medals will save him from prison. So he sets out across the Gobi Desert with a caravan of Kao’s illicit goods—and plunges into a world of violence and treachery that will take every ounce of his strength and intelligence to survive. Pursued by Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Army and a bandit chieftain named Tiger’s Assistant Demon, Jake disappears into the mountains—but the chaos of postwar China is inescapable, and “peace” has
Who reads The Chinese Bandit?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Becker, Stephen
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Published
- 1975
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781504026949
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (147 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by Becker, Stephen
Browse all works by Becker, Stephen