Long Island Shaolin
About this book
A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other awards, internationally-bestselling writer Darin Strauss has been called “a brave new voice in literature,” by The Wall Street Journal, “one of the few great novelists of his generation,” by The Austin Chronicle, “as lyrical as he is daring,” by The New Yorker, “the bravest of writers,” by Salon, and “a master,” by The Chicago Tribune. His previous books are Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You.His work has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek and many other publications. His latest book, “Half a Life,” has been excerpted in GQ, This American Life, The Times of London and The Daily Mail (UK). He has appeared on Good Morning America, The Leonard Lopate Show, NBC News, Times-Talk, The Diane Rehm Show, CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and others. His books have been on various bestseller lists, named New York Times Notable Books, Los Angeles Times Best Books, Entertainment Weekly Must Books of the Year -- and Newsweek-, NPR- and Amazon Best Books of the Year. His work has been translated into fourteen languages and published in nineteen countries.