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A review by kristinbutler
My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee
5.0
I was hooked from the first page. Listened on audio and the narrator sounds like an Asian David Sedaris.
I love the way the author uses the English language, sees East Coast suburbia from an outsider/insider POV, inhabits his main character’s thought, invents or re-thinks words that are completely understandable. It’s original. Super funny. Laugh out loud. Urban dictionary meets Catcher in the Rye.
The waitress sends the main character a microwink.
The white suburban town has more labradoodles than “Ethnics” and still calls mayonnaise its favorite sauce.
Brilliant. Non derivative.
I love the way the author uses the English language, sees East Coast suburbia from an outsider/insider POV, inhabits his main character’s thought, invents or re-thinks words that are completely understandable. It’s original. Super funny. Laugh out loud. Urban dictionary meets Catcher in the Rye.
The waitress sends the main character a microwink.
The white suburban town has more labradoodles than “Ethnics” and still calls mayonnaise its favorite sauce.
Brilliant. Non derivative.