Interior Chinatown

Summary

Written largely in the form of a screenplay, the novel follows Willis Wu, a 'Generic Asian Man' background actor in a procedural TV show, who longs to graduate to the role of 'Kung Fu Guy.' Yu uses the conceit to satirize Hollywood typecasting and the constrained scripts available to Asian Americans in everyday life. The book is sharp, formally inventive, and unexpectedly tender about family and inheritance.