The Banquet Bug

With THE BANQUET BUG, herfirst novel written originally in English (her previous novels have beentranslated) Geling Yan captivates once more.?? This is the fantastical tale of Dan Dong, an unemployedfactory worker whose life takes a series of unexpected twists after hediscovers that, by posing as a journalist, he can eat insanely gourmet mealsfor free at corporate and state-sponsored banquets.?? But the secrets he overhears at these events eventually leadDan down a twisted, intrigue-laden path, and his subterfuge and his realidentity become harder and harder to separate.?? When he becomes privy to a scandal that runs from the depthsof society to its highest rungs, Dan must find a way to uncover the corruption??? without revealing the dangerous truth about himself.