Paper Fan: The Hunt for Triad Gangster Steven Wong

by Terry Gould

Book Overview

For 14K Triad official Steven Wong, faking his own death to escape trial was easy. But evading investigative reporter Terry Gould -- impossible. For 11 years terry Gould has tracked the man known as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679310649
• ISBN13: 9780679310648
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

"Young & Dangerous"

Triad members are very secretive of their organization. One must be initiated to be a member. Young recruits will usually start as a street soldier. In order to rise up the rank one need to be able to be a good earner. With $$ come power. Eventually that will lead to more "heng dai" brothers working under him. Which in hand controls different biz and Enterprises. This book is a good read for those that want to know more about the Chinese Triad. Catch the Hong Kong movie Young & Dangerous and you'll get an even better idea how Triads operates. You hv to give all due respect to them cause they do operate much better then most large Corp. Peace Steven.

Great book.......

Terry Gould came to my school and discuss his book and the gave us in insight of the Triads and Kwan Kung. Just as he did when he came to the school, his book gives great information of how the Triads were created and why they chose the God Kwan Kung. Many more intresting facts he provides in his book. It is intresting and difficult to put down.

I was there. Therefore, I know.

While Steven Wong the Triad Gangster rose through the ranks in Vancouver's Gangland, I was a Vancouver cop who had many dealings with him. I probably knew Wong, and of his activities, more so than anyone in the Vancouver Police Department, other than a handfull of other cops who might be inclined to say the same thing. I was a cop who used Wong to my own end, while Wong used me to his. I still don't know who, if anyone, came out on top. Due to my personal knowledge of Wong and his Red Eagles, his rivals the Viet Ching, Jung Ching and Lotus Gangs, plus their victims etc., I feel competant to say, "In writing Paper Fan, Terry Gould did an excellent job describing Wong and the events of the day." Terry knows his stuff, and he tells his story extremely well. It is not often one can learn such an immense amount of true information while at the same time be entertained. The book reads like a novel.