Gold by the Inch - A Novel (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	October 1999
Authors:	Lawrence Chua
Dimensions:	184 x 127 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8021-3649-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8021-3649-4
Barcode:	9780802136497

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