The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang

'Fresh, energetic, and completely hilarious, The Wangs vs. the World is my favorite debut of the year.' Jami Attenberg, author of Saint Mazie and The Middlesteins


Charles Wang has just lost the cosmetics fortune he built up since emigrating to the US. Gone are the houses, the cars, and the incredible lifestyle. Faced with this loss, he decides to take his family on a trip to China and attempt to reclaim his ancestral lands.

But first they must go on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of his eldest daughter, Saina. Charles takes his other two children out of schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn't repossessed - along with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra.

But with his son waylaid by a much older temptress in New Orleans, his wife ready to defect for a set of 1,000-thread-count sheets, and an epic smash-up in North Carolina, Charles may have to choose between the old world and the new, between keeping his family intact and finally, finally fulfilling his dream of China.

[A] richly entertaining debut. . smart and engaging * Guardian *
Sharply comic, The Wangs Vs the World is a hilarious take on the road trip novel * Stylist *
The Wangs vs. the World is one of the most thrilling, skilfully wrought novels I've read in ages . . .a rollicking rambunctious ride with a crew of unforgettable characters. * Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals *
A recession-era Little Miss Sunshine meets Arrested Development . . . a fun debut that offers something a little bit different. * Big Issue *
Fresh, energetic, and completely hilarious, The Wangs vs. the World is my favorite debut of the year. * Jami Attenberg, author of Saint Mazie and The Middlesteins *
A fresh Little Miss Sunshine. * Sloane Crosley in Vanity Fair *
A heartbreaking, hilarious, and honest American epic * J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest *

Jade Chang has covered arts and culture for publications like Metropolis Magazine (where she was the West Coast Editor for several years), the BBC, the Los Angeles Times magazine, Glamour, and others. She recently worked at Goodreads. The Wangs VS The World is her first novel.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780241975305
ISBN 10	0241975301
Title	The Wangs vs The World
Author	Jade Chang
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2017-06-29
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.