Picks and Pans Review: Gish Jen

UPDATED 12/30/1991 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/30/1991 at 01:00 AM EST

Typical American
A sly and touching first novel that hilariously relates the rise and demise of a Chinese immigrant and his baseball-loving family. The American Dream, celebrated and skewered. (Houghton Mifflin)

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