Flux
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Melville House , 2023.
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  • A New York Times Editor’s Choice
  • Best Book of 2023 by Esquire, Apple Books, HuffPost, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Goodreads.
  • Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
  • VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
"Brazen, exhilarating, fun, and surprising! I couldn't predict where this novel was going, but I was definitely along for the ride." -- Ling Ma, author of Severance A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel—and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . .   Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, 28-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and 48-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against an infamous now-defunct tech startup, struggles to reconnect with his family.   So begins Jinwoo Chong’s dazzling, time-bending debut that blends elements of neo-noir and speculative fiction as the lives of Bo, Brandon, and Blue begin to intersect, uncovering a vast network of secrets and an experimental technology that threatens to upend life itself. Intertwined with them is the saga of an iconic ’80s detective show, Raider, whose star actor has imploded spectacularly after revelations of long-term, concealed abuse.   Flux is a haunting and sometimes shocking exploration of the cyclical nature of grief, of moving past trauma, and of the pervasive nature of whiteness within the development of Asian identity in America.

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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
03/21/2023
Language
English
ISBN
9781685890353

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chong, J. (2023). Flux . Melville House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chong, Jinwoo. 2023. Flux. Melville House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chong, Jinwoo. Flux Melville House, 2023.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Chong, J. (2023). Flux. Melville House.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chong, Jinwoo. Flux Melville House, 2023.

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