'Let's Not Do That Again': Grant Ginder spills on his new scandalous political thriller When Harvard art history student Will Chen witnesses a brazen robbery of priceless Chinese art from the Sackler Museum in Boston, two things happen: He pockets a tiny jade artifact for himself and finds himself recruited by a shadowy Chinese billionaire with an offer: Steal five Chinese zodiac fountainhead pieces from museums around the world – or, well, steal them back, since the pieces were looted from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace – and upon their safe return home, receive $50 million. Li’s debut “Portrait of a Thief” (Tiny Reparations Books, 384 pp., ★★½ out of four, out now), a heist novel that seems to be fighting its literary aspirations on every page, which is frustrating since its central conceit is original and compelling. It's a question I couldn’t help but ponder throughout Grace D. What’s the use of being a master thief if you’re miserable all the time? Watch Video: Banned books: What a new wave of restrictions could mean for students
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