The Chosen and the Beautiful

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A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.--NPR

A sumptuous, decadent read.--The New York Times

"Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.

Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society--she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.

But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.

Nghi Vo's debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.

Author: Nghi Vo
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781250784780

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/18/2021
Booklist 04/15/2021 pg. 26
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2021
Library Journal 07/01/2021 pg. 63
Shelf Awareness 06/25/2021

About the Author
Nghi Vo is the author of the acclaimed novellas When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, a Hugo Award and Ignyte Award finalist and the winner of the Crawford Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind. The Chosen and the Beautiful is her debut novel.