Kevin Kwan discusses his internationally best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians, with readers from around the world. Chinese-American academic Rachel Chu lives a modest and happy life with her boyfriend and fellow academic Nick. But when Nick invites her home to Singapore to meet the family, everything changes – starting with the first class flights. Saturated with wildly wealthy and deliciously dysfunctional super-elites, this ironic and funny rom-com makes a perfect escapist summer read. (Photo: Kevin Kwan is seen in midtown on 24 August, 2023, New York City. Credit: Raymond Hall/Getty Images)
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Hello, this is the BBC World Service.
I'm Harriet Gilbert.
Welcome to World Book Club, the program where you get to quiz top authors about their best known books.
This month we've been reading a hilarious satire come rom com that whisks us from New York to Singapore via Paris, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia, often by private jet.
The novel is called Crazy Rich Asians, and joining me to answer questions about it from BBC listeners around the world is its Singaporean born American author, Kevin Kwan.
Kevin, welcome to World Book Club.
It's such a pleasure to be here.