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Gold by the Inch: A Novel
Lawrence Chua
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.
224 pages
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 28 de outubro de 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780802136497 |
| Editoras | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Páginas | 224 |
| Dimensões | 126 × 205 × 16 mm · 260 g |
