Gold by the Inch
Lawrence Chua
(Author)
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.Product Details
Price
$14.00
$13.02
Publisher
Grove Press
Publish Date
September 13, 1999
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.0 X 8.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780802136497
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