The Double Life of Benson Yu av Kevin Chong

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<b>“</b><b>A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel.” —</b><b>Charles Yu, National Book Award</b><b>–</b><b>winning author of <i>Interior Chinatown</i></b><BR><BR><b>This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows</b><b> Benson Yu, a writer, who </b><b>loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown.</b><BR><BR>In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he’s a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two.<BR><BR>At least, that’s what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write.<BR><BR>The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant t