I read this and was amazed, too. I only had a library copy, but I keep wanting to go back to it so will have to buy a copy. Giving Tan some money seems like a good plan, too!
The other of his I've read was The Rabbits, with John Marsden, which I decided was the biggest case of jacket-copy false advertising I'd ever seen! It was good (and in a totally different cool illustration style), but the cover flap said the message was all environmentalist, which was FAR from true -- there was a strong condemnation of colonialism as well. I certainly didn't object, but the dishonesty was really striking.
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Date: 2009-01-25 08:39 pm (UTC)The other of his I've read was The Rabbits, with John Marsden, which I decided was the biggest case of jacket-copy false advertising I'd ever seen! It was good (and in a totally different cool illustration style), but the cover flap said the message was all environmentalist, which was FAR from true -- there was a strong condemnation of colonialism as well. I certainly didn't object, but the dishonesty was really striking.