THE SNAKEHEAD is a panoramic tale of international intrigue and a dramatic portrait of the underground economy in which Americas twelve million illegal immigrants live. Based on hundreds of interviews, Patrick Radden Keefes sweeping narrative tells the story not only of Sister Ping, but of the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death and braved a 17,000 mile odyssey so that they could realize their own version of the American dream. Learn more at www.thesnakehead.com