To put it simply, this book was great. Charlie Chan (a real life person) was/is an iconic and loveable figure in American culture, yet also a complete stereotype. Author Yunte Huang, a Chinese immigrant was perplexed by this contradiction and set out to explore it. His book is structured almost like a thesis, yet it is very readable: Part I is about the real life Chan, a detective in pre-statehood Hawaii; Part II is Chan as a character in American literature; and Part III is Chan as a Hollywood star. Good stuff.
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