Lee Gus : China Boy (Hbk) - Hardcover

Lee, Gus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052524994X ISBN 13: 9780525249948

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1991

An American-born son of an aristocratic Chinese family struggles with the uncertainties of growing up torn between two cultures in a tough San Francisco neighborhood during the 1950s

Review:

What a knockout. An incredibly rich and new voice or American literature China Boy grabs the reader s heart and won t let go A wonder of a story. Amy Tan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club

It would be hard to find a more all-American story than the delightful China Boy. Lee is a natural storyteller. TIME

Marvelous one small boy s adjustment to Western culture a pure delight. The Washington Post Book World
A robust, startling book hilariously poignant a fascinating, evocative portrait of the Chinese community in California in the 1950s, caught between two complex, demanding cultures. The New York Times Book Review"

"What a knockout. An incredibly rich and new voice or American literature... China Boy grabs the reader's heart and won't let go... A wonder of a story."--Amy Tan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club

"It would be hard to find a more all-American story than the delightful China Boy. Lee is a natural storyteller."--TIME

"Marvelous... one small boy's adjustment to Western culture... a pure delight."--The Washington Post Book World

"A robust, startling book... hilariously poignant... a fascinating, evocative portrait of the Chinese community in California in the 1950s, caught between two complex, demanding cultures."--The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Gus Lee is the only American-born member of a Shanghai family. He grew up in San Francisco and attended West Point for three years until his failing performance in then-mandatory electrical engineering gave him the involuntary opportunity to become an enlisted man. After receiving his law degree from the University of California at Davis, he rejoined the army as Captain Lee and served as general counsel. He resumed civilian life to become a deputy district attorney in Sacramento, then served for some years as Director of Attorney Education for the State Bar of California. He is married and lives with his wife and two children in Colorado Springs. China Boy is his first novel.

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 052524994X
• ISBN 13: 9780525249948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322