A review by literaryelephant
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Inventive, fun, and enticingly critical, this is a spoof on Hollywood filmography and a commentary on life in Chinatown, simultaneously a refuge and a trap of its own. The book examines anti-Asian racism in the US through the internal struggle of a Generic Asian Man striving to be Kung Fu Guy, along the way realizing that the success story imposed on him by white society is perhaps not the victory it purports to be. It's a quick, meta read that plays with form in exciting ways, and I loved every minute of it.
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