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Batshit seven / Sheung-King.
'Batshit Seven' is a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won't gel.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735245303 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 320 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Penguin Canada, 2024.
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| Subject: | Umbrella Movement, China, 2014 > Fiction. Political psychology > Fiction. Conduct of life > Fiction. Hong Kong (China) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Political fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Sheun | 31681010361798 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WRITERS' TRUST ATWOOD GIBSON PRIZE*
From Governor General's Award-nominated author Sheung-King comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just wonât gel.
Glen Wu (aka Glue) couldnât care less about his job. Heâs returned to Hong Kong, the city he grew up in, and heâs teaching ESL, just to placate his parents. But he shows up hungover to class, barely stays awake, and prefers to spend his time smoking up until dawn breaks.
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As he watches the city he loves fallâthe protests, the brutal arrestsâlife continues around him. So he drinks more, picks more fights with his drug dealer friend, thinks loftier thoughts about the post-colonial condition and Frantz Fanon. The very little he does care about: his sister, who deals with Hong Kongâs demise by getting engaged to a rich immigration consultant; his on-and-off-again relationship with a woman who steals things from him; and memories of someone he once met in Canada....
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When the government tightens its grip, language starts to lose all meaning for Glue, and he finds himself pulled into an unsettling venture, ultimately culminating in an act of violence.
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Inventive and utterly irresistible, with QR codes woven throughout, Sheung-Kingâs ingenious novel encapsulates the anxieties and apathies of the millennial experience. Batshit Seven is an ode to a beloved city, an indictment of the cycles of imperialism, and a reminder of the beautiful things left under the hype of commodified living.
