The Double Life of Benson Yu Chong Kevin
The Double Life of Benson Yu Chong Kevin "A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel." --Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of Interior ChinatownThis fresh and unique work of…
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The Double Life of Benson Yu Chong Kevin
"A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel." --Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of Interior ChinatownThis fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown.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. 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 When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping.