- Rich people, Fiancées, Americans, Social conflict
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Contemporary, classical in form, effortless and warm.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Kevin Kwan
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 527
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Atlantic Books, Limited, Doubleday
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781782393320
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First sentence
“Nicolas Young slumped into the nearest seat in the hotel lobby, drained from the sixteen-hour flight from Singapore, the train ride from Heathrow Airport, and trudging through the rain-soaked streets.”
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