{"product_id":"masquerade-9781959030843","title":"Masquerade by Fu, Mike","description":"Newly single Meadow Liu is house-sitting for his friend, artist Selma Shimizu, when he stumbles upon \u003cem\u003eThe Masquerade\u003c\/em\u003e, a translated novel about a masked ball in 1930s Shanghai. The author's name is the same as Meadow's own in Chinese, Liu Tian--a coincidence that proves to be the first of many strange happenings. Over the course of a single summer, Meadow must contend with a possibly haunted apartment, a mirror that plays tricks, a stranger speaking in riddles at the bar where he works, as well as a startling revelation about a former lover. And when Selma vanishes from her artist residency, Meadow is forced to question everything he knows as the boundaries between real and imagined begin to blur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exploring social, cultural, and sexual identities in New York, Shanghai, and beyond, Mike Fu's \u003cem\u003eMasquerade\u003c\/em\u003e is a skillfully layered, brilliantly interwoven debut novel of friendship, queer longing, and worlds on the brink, asking how we can find ourselves among ghosts of all kinds, and who we can trust when nothing--and no one--is as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Fu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 4.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959030843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2024","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45022426890393,"sku":"9781959030843","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_b12eadb4-d752-4630-b363-1cde9d4f9f70.jpg?v=1734656474","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/masquerade-9781959030843","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}