Genre: literary fiction
Publisher description: a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure
Book beginning:
I won't say where I am in this greatish country of ours, as that could be dicey for Val and her XL little boy, Victor Jr., but it's a place like most others, nothing too awful or uncomfortable, with no enduring vistas or distinctive traditions to admire, no funny accents or habits of the locals to wonder at or find repellent.
Would you read on?
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