text:  The novel is called Crazy Rich Asians, and joining me to answer questions about it from BBC listeners around the world is its Singaporean-born American author, Kevin Kwan. Kevin, welcome to World Book Club. It's such a pleasure to be here. It's a real pleasure to have you. And I'm just hoping you're speaking to us, I know, from the west coast of America. Here in London, although it's supposed to be high summer, it has been raining, it has been cold, it's been wet. I'm just hoping you've got better weather where you are.