title: Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)
author:  Kevin Kwan 
description: A dizzily shopaholic comedy. . . . Wickedly delectable. . . . Offers refreshing nouveau voyeurism to readers who long ago burned out on American and English aspirational fantasies. . . . Hilarious.<br /><i></i>Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br /> Its impossible not to get sucked into this satirical novel about the jet-setting lives of an enormous busybody family and its infinite Louboutin collection.<br /><i>Glamour</i><br /> <br /> Theres rich, theres filthy rich, and then theres <i>crazy</i> rich. . . . A <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>-like send-up.<br /><i>People</i><br /> <br /> If this isnt the funniest book so far this year, its up there. . . . Kwan, who grew up in Singapore, skewers his subjects deftly, stylishly, and completelybut with heart.<br /><i>The Denver Post </i><br /> <br /> Deliciously decadent. . . . This 48-karat beach read is crazy fun. . . . [Read]<i>Crazy Rich Asians</i>, on an exotic beach in super-expensive sunglasses.<br /><i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br /> An unputdownably funny, original, modern novel. . . . I actually couldn't put this book down to eat or to watch <i>Downton Abbey</i>.<br />Plum Sykes, author of <i>Bergdorf Blondes</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Rachels squeaky-clean naivet 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.<br />Tash Aw, NPR <br /> <br /> Rollicking. . . . A lively, generous story of shallow extravagance and human devotion.<br /><i>The Boston Globe</i><br /> <br /> Original and fun, <i>Crazy Rich Asians</i> is quite a roller coaster trip. I loved it!<br />Jackie Collins, author of <i>The Power Trip<br /> </i><br /> Delightfully soapy. . . . [<i>Crazy Rich Asians</i>] eats its chiffon cake and has it too, simultaneously tut-tutting many of its characters for their vapid materialism while reveling in the milieus sybaritic excess.<br /><i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br /> <i></i><br /> As spicily adventurous andlusciouslysatisfying as the renowned Singaporean street foodKevinKwans characters argue over; hot and sizzling, like the best<i>satay</i>, and dreamily transporting, like everyone's favorite dessert<i>goreng pisang</i>.Feast on this outrageously funny and insightful novel of modern manners, and enjoy!<br />Lisa See, author of <i>Dreams of Joy </i>and <i>Shanghai Girls</i><br /> <i></i><br /> [An] instant favorite. . . . Opulence and zaniness reign.<br /><i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /><br />Like <i>Dynasty</i> on steroids with more private jets, bigger houses, and a lot more money.<br />VanityFair.com<br /> <br /><br /> <i></i>
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  # ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  I could not have written this book without the help, inspiration, expertise,
  patience, support, genius, and general good humor of these remarkable people:
  
  
  Alan Bienstock
  
  
  Ryan Matthew Chan
  
  
  Lacy Crawford
  
  
  Cleo Davis-Urman
  
  
  David Elliott
  
  
  Simone Gers
  
  
  Aaron Goldberg
  
  
  Jeffrey Hang
  
  
  Daniel K. Isaac
  
  
  Jenny Jackson
  
  
  Jeanne Lawrence
  
  
  Baptiste Lignel
  
  
  Wah Guan Lim
  
  
  Carmen Loke
  
  
  Alexandra Machinist
  
  
  Pang Lee Ting
  
  
  David Sangalli
  
  
  Jeannette Watson Sanger
  
  
  Sandi Tan
  
  
  Jackie Zirkman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ALSO BY KEVIN KWAN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Crazy Rich Asians_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  
  
  Kevin Kwan is the author of _Crazy Rich Asians_ , the international bestseller
  now being adapted as a major motion picture. Born and raised in Singapore,
  Kwan has called Manhattan home for the past two decades but still craves
  pineapple tarts and a decent plate of Hokkien mee.
  
  
  Please visit [www.kevinkwanbooks.com](http://www.kevinkwanbooks.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # THE MANDARIN