Gunga Din Highway
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1566890241
ISBN 13
9781566890243
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
400
Subject
Chinese Americans -- Fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction. Chinese Americans.
Abstract
A Chinese-American family saga featuring the Kwans of Los Angeles. The protagonists are movie actor Longman Kwan, "The Chinaman Who Dies" in countless Hollywood epics, and his son, Ulysses, who despises his father's dream of one day playing Charlie Chan. The novel features an assortment of characters, family conflicts and Chinese mythology. By the author of Donald Duk.
Description
Nothing - not even Lassie - is held sacred when Frank Chin starts off by tilting at Hollywood's windmills and then moves on to topple many of today's other sacred cows. Rich with wicked humor and biting honesty, Gunga Din Highway is a freewheeling saga of two generations of the Kwan family: Longman, The Chinaman Who Dies in countless cinema epics, and his son Ulysses, who despises his father's dream of someday playing Charlie Chan. Joined by a broad assortment of complex and often hilarious characters, their story spans a lifetime - full of sixties protests, Chinese mythology, enduring friendships, bittersweet family conflict, the strains of flamenco guitar, and cameo appearances by Hollywood greats ranging from John Wayne to Annette Funicello. Gunga Din Highway is an impassioned and entertaining American tale, revealing big truths in a compelling, one-of-a-kind read.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Domestic fiction
Fiction
Humorous fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Chin, Frank, 1940-
Gunga Din highway.
Minneapolis : Coffee House Press ; St. Paul, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [distributor], ©1994
(OCoLC)624480722
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank Chin
ISBN: 1566890241 9781566890243 1566890373 9781566890373
OCLC Number: 30475419
Description: 404 pages ; 23 cm
Responsibility: by Frank Chin.
Fiction
Humorous fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Chin, Frank, 1940-
Gunga Din highway.
Minneapolis : Coffee House Press ; St. Paul, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [distributor], ©1994
(OCoLC)624480722
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank Chin
ISBN: 1566890241 9781566890243 1566890373 9781566890373
OCLC Number: 30475419
Description: 404 pages ; 23 cm
Responsibility: by Frank Chin.
Number of Copies
1
