Moderator---Kim
From the prologue to the last paragraph, Kevin Kwan's novel, Crazy Rich Asians, is a glimpse at not only the elite of Singapore but of all their pettiness, vanity, suspicious nature and disregard for others. It is also a lot of fun. It centers around a rich bachelor, Nick, who brings his New York girlfriend to Singapore to meet his family and attend a wedding. The girlfriend has no idea of just how wealthy Nick is. She is about to find out!
The Boston Globe review by S. Kirk Walsh gives a peek into the story with this:
Kevin Kwan’s rollicking, often-riotous debut novel, “Crazy Rich Asians,’’ reads like a behind-the-scenes primer of the rising über-elite of the ever-powerful Asian world. With the author’s exhaustive cast of characters largely hailing from three families (the Youngs, the Shangs, and the T’siens), the reader is given an intimate window into the spending and investing patterns, and burgeoning and crumbling relationships of this upper echelon of extraordinary wealth. There are private jets (equipped with yoga studios), privately owned islands, outlandish resorts, and bible study circles where the women are more passionate about stock tips than biblical verse.
The book was published in 2013. The story has gotten renewed attention with the novel being turned into a hit movie out at theaters now. Crazy Rich Asians is the first in a trilogy. It has been followed up with China Rich Girlfriends and Rich People Problems.
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"Humor, sarcasm and description of obscene wealth. Is the movie as good?"—Kim 👍🏻
"Couldn't put it down. Read over 300 pages in one day."—Shellie 👍🏻
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