{"product_id":"interior-chinatown-9780307948472","title":"Interior Chinatown","description":"\u003cb\u003e2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the funniest books of the year. . . . A delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire. --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the infinitely inventive author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, \u003c\/i\u003e a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWillis Wu doesn't perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where \u003ci\u003eBlack and White\u003c\/i\u003e, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. 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. Or is it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he's ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, exploring the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration--\u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh and beautiful. . . . \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a \u003ci\u003esui generis\u003c\/i\u003e author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yu, Charles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307948472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Charles Yu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33052782395467,"sku":"9780307948472","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_b96bb1a0-7edd-4ecb-9518-cfc39e2e5aa0.jpg?v=1612229907","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/interior-chinatown-9780307948472","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}