![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Eleanor’s son, Nick Young, prepares to marry his fiancée, Rachel Chu. ![]() Because one passenger has died and another, Rachel, is paralyzed, Bao convinces Eddie to blackmail Eleanor Young into covering up the accident. Bao is waiting to learn the condition of her son, who was just in a car accident after driving recklessly. Eddie meets with Bao Shaoyen, a wealthy client at the bank where he works. The novel, along with its prequel and sequel, has been praised for subverting Asian stereotypes using humor. Rather than move toward a single, peaceful resolution, the novel focuses on the endlessly complex, game-like, real-time decisions and consequences that define the characters’ lives. The story begins two years after the prequel, following a cast of characters who scramble to hold their tenuous relationships and reputations together in elite Chinese and Chinese-American social circles, which are notorious for being cutthroat and political. The second book in a trilogy, Singaporean author Kevin Kwan’s satirical romance novel China Rich Girlfriend (2015) is preceded by Crazy Rich Asians, which was also adapted into a 2018 film. ![]()
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