Troublemaker and Other Saints by Christina Chiu [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
01 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories
Funny, dark short story-debut about vaguely interrelated characters with challenging lives.
Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November 2001
Readers: Adult
Published: 2001...
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