Five Star Billionaire, Tash Aw

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-02-28 Pages: 500 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK In the Man Booker prize-longlisted Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers. forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai.Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope. but her dreams are shattered within hours as the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary is a successful pop artist. but his fans and marketing machine disappear after a bar-room brawl. Yinghui has businesses that are going well but must make decisions about her life. And then there is Walter. the shadowy billionaire. ruthless and manipulative. ultimately alone in the worldIn Five Star Billionaire. Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China. counterpointing their adventures with the o...