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| #1424109 in Books | 2007-08-07 | 2007-08-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.75 x5.13l,.60 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Quirky satire|By Steve|Gelin Yan’s 2006 novel, “The Banquet Bug,” is a quirky fable of an everyman (Dan Dong) who stumbles into the extravagant milieu of banquets, and thus the seedy and corrupt world of the rich and powerful in modern China.
The title refers to those who try to pass themselves off as journalists in order to attend lavish banquets o|From Publishers Weekly|Yan, whose short fiction was the basis for the movie Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, offers a pointed critique of capitalism's rise in her native China. A multifaceted mistaken-identity farce, Yan's novel chronicles the adventures of D
Geling Yan captivates readers once more in her breakthrough novel. This is the fantastical tale of Dan Dong, an unemployed factory worker whose life takes a series of unexpected twists after he discovers that, by posing as a journalist, he can eat exquisite gourmet meals for free at state-sponsored banquets. But the secrets he overhears at these events eventually lead Dan down a twisted, intrigue-laden path, and his subterfuge and his real identity become harder and hard...
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