An Exciting, Easy To Read LARGE SIZE TYPE Book. Contains Seventeen Actual Photographs Of Places And Articles Mentioned. The condensed diary of a twelve-year-old Chinese-American boy (Orion Zet-ien), started on the day of his father's funeral and continuing until his own death some sixty years later. His adored uncle Lee becomes his mentor, slowly teaching Orion the ways of the world. The real ways of the real world. As with all of us, the boy loses his innocence at the same rate that he learns the meaning of the word. By the time he is in his twenties he's involved in money laundering, the Mafia, tax evasion, cheating, some love affairs and an unusual sexual relationship. Regarding the felonies, he remarks to his uncle, "Lee, this is serious! It isn't like just pulling the tag off of a mattress!"He is also searching for his dead father's past. As he grows he realizes that the more he thought he knew, the less he actually knew; things that perhaps he didn't want to know. So much mystery that he is stunned.To paraphrase Orion: "...Our crew has all circled the sewer and is spiritless now. And what a hell of a group we were! Our asymmetry was our singularity. With this diary some future generation will get to know the closeted skeletons some of us had: bribery, lying, deceit, stealing, manipulation, crooked police and clergy, ingenious revenge, the Mob, mystery women, a murder, tax avoidance, money washing, infidelity, ultimate errors, some drugs, and more than a few peculiarities, sexual and otherwise."Having actual photographs makes this an exciting, easy to read (LARGE PRINT), book that will keep your attention all the way through.
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