The son who got As in every subject, including English, now making a living as Generic Asian Man.”Ī Handbook For My Lover – The Greatest Indian Erotica Ever? So he could be part of this, part of the American show, black and white, no part for yellow. The son who was born here, raised here, a stranger to his own dad for what. You playing this part, talking like a foreigner. “Old Asian Man looks at you, a look of disappointment flickering across his features with each accented word. Witty, creative, authentic, thought-provoking, impactful and entertaining, is it any wonder that this book won the National Book Award for Fiction! Still not convinced? Let’s dissect this ingenious novel one element at a time, starting with the plot! Believe me, when I say this is NO hype! This is a book that all SHOULD read. Needless to say, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to give this book a try, wanting to know whether it was just hype, like it often happens with highly talked about books. This book, “The Interior Chinatown” by Charles You, was featured on way too many lists! In fact, I was amazed by the number of five-star reviews that were accorded to this book on Goodreads. When a former writer for the famous HBO series, West World, decides to bring to you a book on the struggles of an actor hoping to make it past a certain glass ceiling but unable to do so due to issues of race and ethnicity, should you read it? The answer would be yes without doubt, a million times yes! I stumbled upon this book the first time when I was perusing popular lists of “Must Read Books Of 2020”.
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