Whiting Award
Pushcart Prize
Orange Prize for New Writers (finalist)
Asian American Literary Award (finalist)
Booklist Top 10 First Novel of 2009
Booklist Editor’s Choice
Indie Next Pick
Amazon’s Best Fiction of 2009 So Far
Amazon’s Significant Seven
Chicago Magazine’s Best New Novelist
Tournament of Books 2010 (semi-finalist)
National Bestseller

“Stunning…whatever heartache or humor you find within these pages is embodied in her shimmering prose, distilled to the bone.” -Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

“Suspenseful, funny, painful, and poetic…” -Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black

“Nami Mun is easily one of the most important new talents in American fiction.” -Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh

“A starkly beautiful book, shot through with grace and lit by an off-hand street poetry. Nami Mun takes a cast of junkies and runaways and brings them fiercely and frankly to life.” -Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl