I still own a copy of “The Five Chinese Brothers”.

And it reminds me of childhood.

The plot is generally as follows:

One brother did something that brought a death sentence, and the authorities tried many different ways to effect that sentence, but each time a different one of five brothers stepped into the role of the condemned, each then using a special ability he had to defy those trying to end his life.

Eventually I think they had to let him go because they couldn’t carry out this sentence.

(* example: one means of death was to drown him, but one brother could hold his breath eternally, and thus he didn’t drown)

Don’t ask how it was so easy for the brothers to gain access to one another where a ‘switch’ could take place.

The book has been banned all over the place because of the racial stereotyping.