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A picaresque novel of Tibet and modern China from the author of the controversial banned novel The Fat Years.

About the Author

Chan Koonchung was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong.

His first novel, the dystopian THE FAT YEARS ('An all-encompassing metaphor for today's looming superpower' Observer) was highly acclaimed and published in thirteen territories.

Chan Koonchung lives in Beijing.

Reviews

"'The Han Chinese presence in Tibet hovers in the background like a Himalayan mist ... captures something true and fresh about modern China" Independent "A fast-paced read, bold and brassy, at times super-sensitive and insightful, with cheeky asides and a raw honesty that will make readers laugh out loud." South China Morning Post "Manages to turn often comic human relationships into an unsettling metaphor for China's political and cultural domination of Tibet." Asia Times