Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang
Synopsis
The bestselling author of Babel harnesses her satirical powers in this tantalising and deliciously humorous literary thriller that investigates ambition, greed and white privilege with deadly precision.
June Hayward is literally nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.But as evidence threatens June's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. Deadly consequences...What happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.
Reviews
‘A riot’ PANDORA SYKES
‘Razor-sharp’ TIME
‘Darkly comic’ GQ
‘A wild ride’ STYLIST
‘Incisive and compelling’ JENNIFER SAINT
‘Unforgettable’ WOMAN & HOME
‘Intriguing’ ELLE
‘Gripping’ FABULOUS
About the Author
Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and the forthcoming Babel. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.