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tl;dr: A penniless young immigrant turned out to be an explosives expert and was involved in foreign espionage in his late life. Summary: This novel encompasses the lucky life of a penniless young American-Chinese who almost fulfilled his American dream but failed it at old age because of a naive notion of compassion. Walt Loong was born in 1920 in rural southern China. He moved with his family to the big city of Guangzhou (Canton) and grew up there. He was kidnaped by gangsters while looking for a summer job during his high school summer recess. He was then sold to a slave-labor firecracker factory in Kowloon, north of Hong Kong. He met a slave girl, Monica Mei, at the firecracker factory. Monica Mei turned out to be the daughter of General Mei who had set up a military network in search of his daughter. Thus, Monica Mei became a hot potato for the slave owner. After hearing the rumor that the slave owner planned to eliminate the Mei girl, Walt helped her escape the slave factory at night. They caught a train to return to Guangzhou. In gratitude, General Mei let Walt Loong and Monica Mei be engaged to be married and arranged for them to escort his wife and two younger children to come to the United States to avoid the imminent Japanese southern offensive attack of Guangzhou. So, Walt Loong and the Mei family settled in Chinatown in San Francisco to begin their new life. Walt worked and supported himself through schools. His college education was interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served as a U.S. Army OSS intelligence agent in China during WWII and returned to school when the war ended. After graduation from college, Walt and Monica got married after ten years of engagement. They moved to Alexandria, Virginia where Walt worked for an explosives company. Thus, Walt and Monica joined the American middle class with a house, car, kids, friends and relatives. In time, Walt became a prominent expert in military and commercial explosives, especially the top secret C-4 military explosives. His expertise involuntarily attracted international espionage. The first case involved a former company colleague who worked for a foreign company. The second case involved a female houseguest from China. She was arrested by the FBI in an entrapment scheme and deported with hefty punitive payments from her intelligence agency. In retirement, Monica suffered from lung cancer and died unexpectedly after a single chemotherapy treatment. Walt moved to a retirement home in Rockville, Maryland. He grew regretful about entrapping the Chinese houseguest spy and traveled to Beijing, China with the naive notion of helping the Chinese spy in case she was disgraced and penalized. When he attempted to find her at her intelligence agency, he was brutally beaten by the agency guards and taken by police to Foreigners Retention Center for investigation. Walt wrote his life story in a 9x7 room at the retention center. He lamented that he had lost his Americana dream.
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- Author : Peng Tong
- Release : 15 October 2023
- Publisher : Peng Tong
- ISBN : 978186723xxxx
- Genre : Fiction
- Total Page : 292 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 8,9 Mb
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