Gus Lee, Author . Harmony $24.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-609-60876-0
Lee, author of four autobiographical novels (China Boy; Honor and Duty; etc.) opens his first nonfiction work with the distressing story of his mother Da-tsien's foot-binding in 1909 China. The women about to break the child's toes whisper...
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Gus Lee, Author Knopf Publishing Group $24 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-43855-7
In the manner of Malraux, Greene and le Carre, Lee--in a wise and wrenching novel, beautifully told--uses the thriller form to explore the human condition. His compass is Army prosecutor Jackson Hu-chin Kan, a Chinese-American who resembles not only
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Gus Lee, Author Fawcett Books $24.95 (387p) ISBN 978-0-449-91139-6
His young daughter dead of a heart defect, his beautiful wife gone, his career at the Sacramento DA's office on the rocks, Joshua Jin--the hero of this wooden thriller--has lost nearly everything. All that's left is the one case dumped on his desk,...
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Gus Lee, Author Dutton Books $19.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-525-24994-8
When we first meet Kai Ting, the seven-year-old hero of this compelling, autobiographical first novel, he has just been ground into the pavement by the neighborhood bully--the most recent incident in a long series of calamities. Kai Ting is the...
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Gus Lee, Author Alfred A. Knopf $24 (425p) ISBN 978-0-679-41258-8
Confirming the promise of his first novel, China Boy , Lee has produced another insightful, moving tale. Traditional Chinese moral strictures must coexist with a quintessentially American, military code of honor and the more elusive value systems of
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Gus Lee, Author, Diane Elliott-Lee, With with Diane Elliot-Lee. Wiley/Jossey-Bass $27.95 (220p) ISBN 978-0-7879-8137-2
In this guide to doing the right thing, Lee presents a self-help approach to solving hard-edged problems. The key to effective leadership, he argues, is "principled conduct under pressure"—in short, courage. While courage is hardly the
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