My Year Abroad - Grand Format

Tiller is an average college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Mia, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protégé and pulled into aseries of ever more extreme and eye-opening experiences that transform his view of the world, of Pong, and of himself.
Rich with commentary on the modemworld,My Year Abroad is also an exploration of the surprising effects of cultural immersion—on a young American in Asia, on a Chinese man in America, and on an unlikely couple hiding out in the suburbs. Tinged at once with humor and darkness, electric with its accumulating surprises and suspense, this is a novel that only Chang-rae Lee could have written, and one that will be read and discussed for years to come.