Literary Books

Gold-Plated Puppets is a sharp, satirical social novel about a newly wealthy family desperately trying to cover their lives, status, culture, and conscience with a thin layer of gold. Through the story of Mr. Loc, Mrs. Mui, their Western-educated daughter Thanh, the old patriarch Phuc, Dr. Minh Hung, the housemaid Hao, and a vivid cast of supporting characters, the novel creates a tragicomic portrait... more...