Interior Chinatown

A funny, biting take down of the racism in the entertainment industry [...] both humorous and heartrending. A novel that manages the rare feat of being both extravagantly experimental and a lot of fun to read. * The Times * From Paul Beatty's The Sellout to Brandon Taylor's Real Life, some of the most talked-about novels from the U.S. in recent years have been male coming-of-age narratives shaped by experiences of racism. Styled as a typewritten television script, [Interior Chinatown is a] zany spin on the genre. The novel is grounded by its arch comedy. * The Telegraph * Wrenching, hilarious, sharp, surreal, and above all, original. -- Emily St John Mandel This is a hilarious book. You'll laugh at the universe Charles Yu creates, kitty-corner to our own and just so off-kilter-and then, without warning, you'll be pulled under by the riptide and everything will suddenly make beautiful, perfect, heartbreaking, unexplainable sense. -- Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of BoJack Horseman One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire. * The Washington Post * Fresh and beautiful.... Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition. * The New York Times Book Review * An acid indictment of Asian stereotypes and a parable for outcasts feeling invisible in this fast-moving world. Brimming with alternative universes, futuristic landscapes and gleeful metaphysics..... Yu's spirit of invention is infectious. (How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe) * The Sunday Times * Highly inventive and hilarious. (How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe) * The Times *