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Osso Buco, You Say? Jambalaya? Why, yes!

My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee

December 10, 2024 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

This book seemed to me, like a mashup of two separate stories – both starring the same protagonist, but in very different settings and genres. One of them I was enjoying very much initially but by the end, it was definitely heading off the rails.  The other started off fairly nondescript, but then started to find its mojo, and I ended up liking that one very much.  Weird. Our hero, Tiller, is a bored college student from New Jersey.  He gets swept up by a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asian travels, Chang-rae Lee, Cooking videos, food porn, karaoke, Mentor relationship, New England backyard pop-ups, Relatable kid on a mission

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asian travels, Chang-rae Lee, Cooking videos, food porn, karaoke, Mentor relationship, New England backyard pop-ups, Relatable kid on a mission ·
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