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Author | Stephen Leather |
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Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1992 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 978-0671743017 |
Preceded by | Hungry Ghost |
Followed by | The Vets |
The Chinaman is a thriller novel written by Stephen Leather, first published in 1992. It is Leather's fourth novel. Its plot concerns a London-based Vietnamese restaurateur and skilled Vietnam War veteran who travels to Ireland to hunt the people responsible for a bombing that killed his family.[1][2][3]
The book was adapted into The Foreigner, a 2017 feature film, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan.[4]