From an exciting new voice in literary fiction, a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change....
This novel depicts an expatriate American in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring political change. Will appeal to readers of Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, and endorsed by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler.