A fun and engrossing novel that has the feel and pace of a thriller. It takes us into the world of publishing in the 21st century, covering such moral quandaries as ‘should you really steal a friend’s unpublished manuscript and pass it off as your own’? Kuang also takes aim at how we, and the media, address cultural appropriation and how ‘taking a stance’ on a particular issue can very easily unravel when prodded.