CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Crime: Drug Trafficking/Dealing,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Contact Between Adult and Minor,Violence: General,Violence: Gun Violence
The Double Life of Benson Yu
By Kevin Chong
Edition
By Kevin Chong
Hardcover edition
Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Atria (Adult) ISBN9781668005491
The Double Life of Benson Yu
20.08
In stock
SKU
9781668005491J
“A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel.” —Charles Yu, National Book Award–winning author of Interior Chinatown
This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts
In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he’s a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two.
At least, that’s what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write.
The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and can’t help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he’s spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and Benny’s?
This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts
In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he’s a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two.
At least, that’s what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write.
The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and can’t help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he’s spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and Benny’s?
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