Tropic of orange, paperback/karen tei yamashita

``Fiercely satirical.

Yamashita presentsan] intricate plot with mordant wit.

`` -- New York Times Book Review ``A stunner.

An exquisite mystery novel.

But this is a novel of dystopia and apocalypse; the mystery concerns the tragic flaws of human nature.

`` -- Library Journal (starred review) ``Brilliant.

An ingenious interpretation of social woes.

`` -- Booklist (starred review) ``Yamashita handles her eccentrics and the setting of their adventures with panache.

David Foster Wallace meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

`` -- Publishers Weekly Irreverently juggling magical realism, film noir, hip hop, and chicanismo, Tropic of Orange takes place in a Los Angeles where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of the Harbor Freeway.

Hemmed in by wildfires, its a symphony conducted from an overpass, grandiose, comic, and as diverse as the city itself.

Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel , and Anime Wong , all published by Coffee House Press.

I Hotel was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award and awarded the California Book Award, the American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award.