Gold by the Inch : A Novel Paperback / softback
by Lawrence Chua
Paperback / softback
Description
Called "striking" by The New York Times Book Review, Gold by the Inch is the story of a young New Yorker of Asian descent who has returned to the country of his birth following a disastrous relationship and his father's death.
In a Bangkok drunk on the nation's financial miracle - and high on an assortment of other things - the narrator meets Thong, a young, beautiful male hustler who works at a nightclub.
As his romantic obsession with Thong grows, the narrator tries to convince himself that it transcends its commercial nature, but he is quickly forced into a hard look at the connections between desire and exploitation, personal and national identity.
Lawrence Chua vividly combines Southeast Asia's troubled history with evocations of its modern face - its polyglot culture, its colonial past, the cool futurism of its skyscrapers and its sex industry.
Written in hard-bitten, dazzling prose, Gold by the Inch is a stunning debut.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Publication Date:28/10/1999
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- ISBN:9780802136497
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Publication Date:28/10/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780802136497