Five Star Billionaire

from muddyboy

Tash Aw is certainly ambitious in telling this involved tale of five Asian people who are either questing for or trying to maintain wealth in the contemporary Far East. It was well written and I was not bored in its 350 plus pages. However, my problem was that the story was all to familiar to me....

from Steelyshan

This book was a bit difficult to get into. The beginning was a bit slow and I had a hard time staying interested. The story pick up pace slowly and steadily and bit by bit little pieces start to fall in place. A bit of butterfly effect going on in this story of five main characters trying to get ...

from mausergem

This is a story of a metropolitan city Shanghai told from the perspective of five individuals have come to this city for various purposes. Some come to better their lives and some come to escape. Their lives intertwine and sometimes just brush each other. Some fall, some triumph, some fail and so...

from PopeyP

Similar in theme to Great Expectations a desire for the riches in another world, the search for comfort most often leads to fantastic motivated characters. In a sense a metaphor and warning about what Asian Capitalism is leading towards I enjoyed the read!

from barlow304

Sometimes books take you places with a force so real that you will think you have lived there. "Five Star Billionaire" is such a book. Through its characters you experience the incredible pace of change in Shanghai as the city grows with the new China. Yet Tash Aw takes an interesting spin in thi...