SHARP OBJECTS meet Flannery O’Connor in Garcia Marquez’s Macondo – or rather its Taiwanese equivalent – in this bestselling literary tour-de-force. GHOST PLACE weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures.
Kevin Chen’s first novel in twelve years is a sumptuous read, an irresistible fusion of Gothic family saga, bildungsroman, and magical realist mystery.