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The Double Life of Benson Yu
Kevin Chong
A Novel
Atria Books
April 2023
On Sale: April 18, 2023
224 pages
ISBN: 1668005492
EAN: 9781668005491
Kindle: B0B3YBNMQR
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Literature and Fiction Literary
“A nuanced, complex, and highly original
novel.” —Charles Yu, National Book
Award–winning author of Interior Chinatown
This 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.
When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to
survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping.
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 comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the
poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and can’t help
but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a
darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he’s
spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and
Benny’s?
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