It's a long long flight from Hollywood to China on Pan American Airways' China Clipper.
An edition of Gunga Din Highway
(1994)
Gunga Din Highway
A Novel
by Frank Chin
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Nothing - not even Lassie - is held sacred when Frank Chin starts off by tilting at Hollywood's windmills and then moves on to topple many of today's other sacred cows. Rich with wicked humor and biting honesty, Gunga Din Highway is a freewheeling saga of two generations of the Kwan family: Longman, The Chinaman Who Dies in countless cinema epics, and his son Ulysses, who despises his father's dream of someday playing Charlie Chan.
Joined by a broad assortment of complex and often hilarious characters, their story spans a lifetime - full of sixties protests, Chinese mythology, enduring friendships, bittersweet family conflict, the strains of flamenco guitar, and cameo appearances by Hollywood greats ranging from John Wayne to Annette Funicello. Gunga Din Highway is an impassioned and entertaining American tale, revealing big truths in a compelling, one-of-a-kind read.
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Ganjia Ding zhi lu: Gunga Din highway
2004, Yi lin chu ban she
in Chinese
- Di 1 ban
7806575545 9787806575543
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Gunga Din Highway: A Novel
August 1995, Coffee House Press
Paperback
in English
1566890373 9781566890373
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Gunga Din Highway: A Novel
1994, Coffee House Press, Distributor, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Hardcover
in English
1566890241 9781566890243
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Follows two generations of the Kwan family, weaving mythology and humor into the lives of a Chinese American family and their life in Hollywood's movie business
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