Louie, David Wong — The Barbarians Are Coming

New York, A Marian Wood, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Delicious novel of a Chinese-American emigre cooking fancy French foods for elderly, wealthy Jewish women, a novel of alienation and ethnicity, migration and stereotypes, by a master story-teller. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Two-tone, red paper over boards, burgundy cloth-backed. 372 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Fine,