Crazy Rich Asians (Movie Tie-In Edition)

           
            As Peik Lin s car approached the porte cochere of Tyersall Park, Nicholas Young bounded down the front steps. I was worried you d gotten lost, he said, opening the car door.
         We did get a bit lost, actually, Rachel replied. 
         For some strange reason, your grandmother s house didn t show up on my GPS, said Peik Lin, who prided herself on knowing every street in Singapore.
         Rachel got out of the car and stared up at the majestic facade before her. Am I really late?
         No, it s OK, Nick said. Peik Lin thanks so much for giving Rachel a lift.
         Of course, Peik Lin murmured, rather stunned by her surroundings. She paused, thinking Nick might invite her in for a drink, but no invitation seemed forthcoming. Finally she said as nonchalantly as possible, This is quite a place is it your grandmother s?
         Yes, Nick replied.
         Has she lived here a long time? Peik Lin asked, craning to get a better look.
         Since she was a young girl.
         What Peik Lin really wanted to ask was, Who on earth is your grandmother?  Well, you two have a great time, she said instead, winking at Rachel and mouthing Call me later. Rachel gave her friend a quick smile.
         Nick turned to Rachel, looking a little sheepish. I hope it s OK . . . but it s not just the family. My grandmother decided to have a small party at the last minute because her tan hua flowers

Kevin Kwan was born and raised in Singapore. He currently lives in Manhattan. Crazy Rich Asians is his first novel.
Visit Kevin Kwan at www.kevinkwanbooks.com.

A dizzily shopaholic comedy.... Wickedly delectable.... Offers refreshing nouveau voyeurism to readers who long ago burned out on American and English aspirational fantasies.... Hilarious.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
 
It s impossible not to get sucked into this satirical novel about the jet-setting lives of an enormous busybody family and its infinite Louboutin collection.
Glamour
 
There s rich, there s filthy rich, and then there s crazy rich.... A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up.
People
 
If this isn t the funniest book so far this year, it s up there.... Kwan, who grew up in Singapore, skewers his subjects deftly, stylishly, and completely but with heart.
The Denver Post
 
Deliciously decadent.... This 48-karat beach read is crazy fun.... [Read] Crazy Rich Asians, on an exotic beach in super-expensive sunglasses.
Entertainment Weekly

An unputdownably funny, original, modern novel.... I actually couldn't put this book down to eat or to watch Downton Abbey.
Plum Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes

Rachel s squeaky-clean naiveté is a clever foil to the intricate workings of the high-glamour Asian set around her. Chinese on the outside but all-American on the inside, she allows us to see the myriad nuances of intra-Asian culture that the novel goes to great lengths to show.
Tash Aw, NPR
 
Rollicking.... A lively, generous story of shallow extravagance and human devotion.
The Boston Globe
 
Original and fun, Crazy Rich Asians is quite a roller coaster trip. I loved it!
Jackie Collins, author of The Power Trip

Delightfully soapy.... [Crazy Rich Asians] eats its chiffon cake and has it too, simultaneously tut-tutting many of its characters for their vapid materialism while reveling in the milieu s sybaritic excess.
The Wall Street Journal

As spicily adventurous and lusciously satisfying as the renowned Singaporean street food Kevin Kwan s