" skewers pop-culture stereotypes of Asian Americans and contends, memorably, with assimilation. recalls the humorous and heartfelt short stories of George Saunders, the metafictional high jinks of Mark Leyner and films like 'The Truman Show.'" - The New York Times An acid indictment of Asian stereotypes and a parable for outcasts feeling invisible in this fast-moving world." - Kirkus Reviews sobering reality will resonate with savvy readers." - Booklist (starred review)
Ingeniously draws on real-life Hollywood. "Conflates history, sociology, and ethnography with the timeless evils of racism, sexism, and elitism in a multigenerational epic that's both rollicking entertainment and scathing commentary.
Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy-the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man.
From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
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