Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.
Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope, but her dreams are shattered within hours as the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary is a successful pop artist, but his fans and marketing machine disappear after a bar-room brawl. Yinghui has businesses that are going well but must make decisions about her life. And then there is Walter, the shadowy billionaire, ruthless and manipulative, ultimately alone in the world. In 'Five Star Billionaire', Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China, counterpointing their adventures with the old life they have left behind in Malaysia.
| ISBN: | 9780007494187 |
| Publication date: | 2nd January 2014 |
| Author: | Tash Aw |
| Publisher: | Fourth Estate Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 437 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
| Recommendations: |
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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.
Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope, but her dreams are shattered within hours as the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary is a successful pop artist, but his fans and marketing machine disappear after a bar-room brawl. Yinghui has businesses that are going well but must make decisions about her life. And then there is Walter, the shadowy billionaire, ruthless and manipulative, ultimately alone in the world. In 'Five Star Billionaire', Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China, counterpointing their adventures with the old life they have left behind in Malaysia.
Five Star Billionaire features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Five Star Billionaire is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Five Star Billionaire was written by Tash Aw and published by Fourth Estate Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Five Star Billionaire has 437 pages
£9.89
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