Multi-point-of-view story from the perspectives of an American GI, a teenage girl, and a mixed heritage (Black and Vietnamese) Amerasian man during and after the "Vietnam War".

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai crafts an intricate, twisty, messy set of narratives that join up in ways I was not prepared for. Themes include guilt, shame, PTSD, anti-Blackness, anti-Asian hate, war, sexism, sex work, poverty, border and immigration politics.

So rich in telling this achingly sad story in which none of the characters win. A must read for colleagues and students interested in Miss Saigon.

Easily one of my books of the year.