Inside Chinatown (Classic Contemporaries)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

“One of many funniest books of the yr. . . . A scrumptious, formidable Hollywood satire.” —The Washington Submit

From the infinitely ingenious creator of Methods to Dwell Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, a deeply private novel about race, popular culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we’re compelled to play.

Willis Wu doesn’t understand himself because the protagonist in his personal life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Typically he will get to be Background Oriental Making a Bizarre Face and even Disgraced Son, however at all times he’s relegated to a prop. But daily, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, the place
Black and White, a procedural cop present, is in perpetual manufacturing. He’s a bit participant right here, too, however he goals of being Kung Fu Man—probably the most revered position that anybody who seems like him can attain. Or is it?

After stumbling into the highlight, Willis finds himself launched right into a wider world than he’s ever identified, discovering not solely the key historical past of Chinatown, however the buried legacy of his circle of relatives. Infinitely ingenious and deeply private, exploring the themes of popular culture, assimilation, and immigration—
Inside Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most shifting, daring, and masterful novel but.

“Recent and delightful. . . . Inside Chinatown represents one more stellar vacation spot within the journey of a sui generis creator of seemingly limitless talent and ambition.” —The New York Occasions E book Overview

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