A review by thewordsdevourer
This Way to the Sugar by Hieu Minh Nguyen

dark reflective medium-paced

2.5

a deftly written work whose carefully chosen words amazingly say a lot w/ very little, a masterful 'show-not-tell.' this way to the sugar explores the immigrant experience, loss, queer sexuality, and trauma through striking yet sublime imagery that manages to somehow combine both sexuality and violence ("napalm bukkake" is certainly a phrase i'll never forget), w/ my favs being "buffet etiquette" and "ladyboy theatre."
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